PODCAST: Grey Jay’s Elham Boozarjomehri on making Advanced Air Mobility accessible to all

In this episode of the eVTOL Insights Pod­cast, we speak to Elham Boozar­jomehri, Founder and CEO of Grey Jay, about mak­ing advanced air mobil­i­ty acces­si­ble, afford­able and respon­sive to com­mu­ni­ty needs.

Draw­ing on her expe­ri­ence in aero­space engi­neer­ing and trans­port plan­ning, Elham explains how the Cana­di­an non­prof­it helps com­mu­ni­ties shape their low alti­tude economies through con­sul­tan­cy and dig­i­tal tools.

We explore research into inte­grat­ing eVTOL air­craft into Metro Vancouver’s pub­lic trans­port net­work, along­side oppor­tu­ni­ties to improve access to food, health­care and employ­ment for remote com­mu­ni­ties.

Elham also dis­cuss­es Grey Jay’s work with Mon­tana First Nation to devel­op a drone ser­vice, high­light­ing how Indige­nous knowl­edge can inform appli­ca­tions such as for­est mon­i­tor­ing and recov­ery after wild­fires.

The con­ver­sa­tion exam­ines com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment, pub­lic invest­ment and the impor­tance of incor­po­rat­ing local require­ments into air­craft design, before look­ing ahead to Grey Jay’s ambi­tions for plan­ning tools and ser­vices that com­mu­ni­ties can design and oper­ate.

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