Janet and Steve Wright

​Janet and Steve Wright are the founding members of Mayday Foundation USA. Both are retired airline pilots. Janet was a Boeing 767 Captain along with being a check airman and APD for a major US airline. Steve was an Airbus Captain and Line Check Airman. They were both also owners of a flight school in Texas. During that period, the flight school experienced a fatal aircraft accident. They were contacted by representatives from the original Mayday Foundation in Germany known as Stiftung Mayday who offered their help.

As a result of this encounter, the Wright's offered their assistance in helping to develop and administer the Mayday Foundation in the United States.