Review: Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots

Way more companies producing branded company podcasts for internal, employee audiences should just make their shows publicly available to as a regular RSS feed. When the show content is about employee messaging or training without revealing sensitive company information, there are upsides both for employee discoverability / ease of use to having a public feed, plus the brand perception and recruiting benefits with outside stakeholders. I really enjoyed an episode of the Delta Airlines podcast:

Engage: The Podcast for Delta Pilots

The show is such a valuable resource for Delta’s pilots. The episode I listened to dug into the important issue of mental health support, especially when there can be reluctance among pilots to talk about these needs. There were a lot of great specific messages in the show - the value of the pilot peer support network; taking a more nuanced view of mental health as a continuum and the difference between treated and untreated issues. And while the show’s target audience is strictly pilots, as a consumer I felt reassured about the rigor and care Delta provides for supporting its pilots physical and mental needs to always be safe in the cockpit.