Neal Bird has worked for Air North for nearly four and a half years.As a cabin agent, he is part of the team responsible for grooming the fleet between flights. He is strong, outgoing and well suited for his job.
The fact that he’s deaf is an afterthought.
“It was a challenge to share my strengths at first,” he admitted. “But (working with Air North) has given me the opportunity to show who I am and how I communicate.”
He noted many of his co-workers are eager to learn a bit of sign language.
And Bird believes he is no anomaly. “People sometimes think disabled people can’t do it. But we can, we need to show them that. We can never give up.”
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