Bombardier Business Aircraft chief pilot is committed on a Global scale
Suzanne Salat, who works as Chief Pilot Flight Operations at Bombardier Business Aircraft, decided she wanted to become a pilot ‘at the flip... Continue Reading
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Sikorsky’s Jeanette Eaton on credibility, professionalism and flying helis
Commercial helicopter pilot, engineer and saleswoman Jeanette Eaton is passionate about rotorcraft. It’s an enthusiasm she’s passing on to t... Continue Reading
India’s airlines lead the way on female pilot recruitment
Indian airlines have some of the highest percentages of female pilots in the world, aided by generous maternity benefits which some employee... Continue Reading
Solo at 16: Ellie Carter does the hard work for a flying career
Ellie Carter is a pilot, newly qualified at 16 years old. She’s still at school, studying hard for exams which she knows are the next step t... Continue Reading
Can girls even do that? Captain Danni Stoney on realizing her dream
Danni Stoney is a Phenom 300 captain. She gained her PPL at 17, before she could drive a car. Through a combination of determination, passio... Continue Reading
Press Release: CAE introduces CAE Women in Flight scholarship program
CAE announced today at the 2018 Farnborough Airshow, the introduction of the CAE Women in Flight scholarship program, demonstrating its comm... Continue Reading
Embry-Riddle racers rev up for the 2018 Air Race Classic
On Tuesday, 19 June, high-flying women pilots from around the world will take part in the 42nd annual Air Race Classic (ARC). Tracing its ro... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: A woman’s place is in the flight deck and the C-Suite
Last month, I received a letter from a high school student. She took me to task for the scarcity of female pilots and astronauts. As the pre... Continue Reading
Press Release: easyJet seeks to get girls flying with Brownies badge
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has joined forces with the UK’s biggest charity for girls and young women, Girlguiding, to engage more gi... Continue Reading
Spain’s Aviadoras initiative normalizes the role of women in aviation
What could you do this year to expand the role of women in aviation and inspire a new, more diverse generation of pilots? Spain’s Aviadoras ... Continue Reading
Why being a pilot proved to be Carol Hallett’s winning ticket
Carol Hallett says that every job opportunity she’s had in her nearly 60-year career has been because of one thing: being a pilot. She has h... Continue Reading
Melissa Myers: Why I’ve set my sights on becoming a pilot
Many of my earliest childhood memories are daydreams of flying around the sky like a bird. I would lie in the grass, look toward the sky and... Continue Reading
Never too late to follow your dreams, says AA chief pilot Kathi Durst
American Airlines Chief Pilot Kathi Durst has excelled throughout her 35-year aviation career, from her seven years in the United States Air... Continue Reading
Air Arabia pilot champions careers in aviation for women
Ghada Mohamed Al Rousi remembers the thrill and the adrenalin rush that came from riding a roller coaster as a small child. At the time, she... Continue Reading
All-women flights can’t disguise persistent gender gap on flight deck
On a recent flight from Frankfurt to New York, Captain Beatrice Beyer and First officer Diana Busch worked together side by side in the cock... Continue Reading
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