# Leadership, Innovation and Building a Regional Airline Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-mba-923580/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-mba-923580/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline.md Podcast: [Everyday MBA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-mba-923580) Published: 2026-06-20T08:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://everydaymba.libsyn.com/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/everydaymba/EDMBA_Andrew_Schmertz.mp3?dest-id=248977 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-mba-923580/episodes/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline Duration seconds: 1476 ## Resource Andrew Schmertz , co-founder and CEO of Hopscotch Air , talks about entrepreneurship, aviation innovation, and the leadership challenges of building and operating a regional airline. With a background in broadcasting and law, Andrew launched the company to address gaps in regional air travel and create a more flexible customer experience. Listen for three action items you can use to take advantage of his ideas and advice. Host, Kevin Craine Do you want to be a guest? https://Everyday-MBA.com/guest Do you want to advertise on the show? https://Everyday-MBA.com/advertise ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everyday-mba-923580/episodes/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/everyday-mba-923580/leadership-innovation-and-building-a-regional-airline.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.