It has been quite a few weeks for the women in aviation movement, with an inspiring trio smashing glass ceilings to reach senior leadership positions never before held by women. But what does this mean for our industry? Penny McGrigor investigates.
While the total number of women pilots has increased over the past six decades, women flight instructors, commercial pilots and air transport pilots have increased at a rate of 1% per decade. One. Percent. Per decade.
Zoe Cameron, an inspirational airline pilot with Virgin Atlantic and author of children’s book Ada and Emily Take to the Skies!, has joined the Attagirls Molly Rose Pilot Scholarship Board of Trustees and will be the new ambassador.
At the 32nd Annual International Women in Aviation Conference, $475,805 in scholarships were awarded, and now 48 scholarship opportunities totaling $256,000 are available online with applications due May 18, 2021.