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This study aims to analyze the influence of workload and work environment on employee performance, with work motivation serving as a mediating variable, within the interdependent division of Pioneer Airline "X". A quantitative approach was employed, utilizing the Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling(PLS-SEM) technique via SmartPLS. The study population comprised all employees in the interdependent division—including pilots, technicians, and operational staff—based in Java, with a saturated sampling method used for data collection. The results indicate that workload has a direct, positive, and significant impact on employee performance. The work environment was also found to exert the most dominant positive and significant influence on employee performance. Conversely, work motivation did not have a significant direct effect on employee performance. However, the analysis of indirect effects confirmed that work motivation significantly mediates the impact of both workload and work environment on employee performance. These findings suggest that work motivation acts as a crucial psychological intermediary in effectively channeling workload and work
environment factors to enhance operational performance within the pioneer aviation industry.