Experience can become a blind spot when it hardens judgment. AINsight argues that in business aviation, leaders who are seen as solid can still be rigid, and those with deep tenure can still resist openness, limiting hiring decisions and leadership pipelines.
The commentary frames experience as an asset that must keep producing growth, not just authority. That means operators need leaders who develop others while they advance their own capability, rather than treating seniority as proof of adaptability.
The sector will keep rewarding experience, but it will punish closed systems faster.