Saturday I woke up super early. Actually like 3:30am EST. Luckily I had someone call me to wake me up because it was only 12:30am their time on the West Coast. After throwing all mystuff together I hopped in my rental car and drove the hour drive back to Detroit so I could hop on my first flight to Chicago.

Once I got situated waiting for my flight I noticed someone walk by that I had never seen before. A female commercial airline pilot.

I’ll let that sink in.

Ok, now being a pilot myself, there are no shortage of female private pilots, but when it comes to commercial airlines its a male dominated field. In fact until Saturday I had never EVER seen one. For the most part, its a male dominated industry because most of the pilots are x-airforce pilots that come out and get this cushony job.

Once back in Austin, I questioned my friends to ask them if they had ever had or seen one, and they too had never come across one. Like a rare breed I spose. We discussed the significance of it a bit. Not that any of us have a problem with it. Its not like having a woman firefighter. This doesnt require any type of physical labor so there is no reason to set the genders apart in this case. I think it was just a shock to see that when in my 25 years, I’m used to the social stigma of male pilots and female stewardesses er, flight attendents.

What are your thoughts on this?

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