When commercial airline pilot Melissa Groth walks through a crowded airport, she is a little surprised when a 9-year-old or even a 70-year-old approaches her saying, "You are the first female ...

While more women are becoming commercial airline pilots, the representation of women in the industry has remained pretty stagnant, only improving by about 1% a decade, the FAA report said.

The number of female airline pilots in the United States was reported to have grown by 71 percent from 2002 to 2022, compared with a 15 percent increase for all pilots, while the proportion of ...

Now 78 years old and living in Medina, Washington, Wallach's journey in aviation began in 1975, at a time when female pilots were an extreme rarity in commercial airlines.

Private Jet Vegas The field of piloting has long been a male-dominated one. According to the FAA's just 7% of the 103,879 commercial pilots were women as of 2020. LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, November 1 ...

Captain Lawrie is the oldest female pilot still flying for a commercial airline, and said a lot had changed for women in her industry in 40 years.

Helen Richey became the first female commercial pilot in 1934 but was hounded out of her job. The U.S. Commerce Department, under pressure from the all-male pilots’ union, ...

Summary. The percentage of women airline pilots globally is only 4% to 6%, but growing. The number of US women airline pilots grew by 71% from 2002 to 2022, versus a 15% increase for all airline ...

Nationwide's Christopher Rainbow takes a flight with Britain's first ever female commercial airline pilot, Yvonne Pope Sintes. From the BBC Archive. Published. 28 May 2024. Share. close panel.