Chapter 15 - The New Standard
Months later, Bethany stood before a new flight class. Fresh faces, eager eyes.
"Leadership isn't about rank," she told them. "It's about what you do when no one is watching. What you say when it's easier to stay silent. And who you protect — the people who need the truth, or the people who fear it."
She looked out over the room. Cameron was there too — not flying anymore, but studying aviation safety, rebuilding his path.
"Standards," she said, "are not written for the people who follow them easily. They are written for the people who have to fight for them."
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Outside, the sun rose over the runway. Planes lifted into the sky — safe, steady, watched over.
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