Opinion: Flight canceled? Stuck on the tarmac? Here’s a solution: more women in aviation
LA TimesAlong with other Air India pilots, the commander of an all-women team, Kshamta Bajpai, second from right, applauds her crew at an International Women’s Day celebration. As several of my male colleagues like to say, U.S. aviation is “male, pale and stale.” A 2018 survey for Women in Aviation International found that more than a third of women in the industry perceive that a “good old boy” network persists. Women cited “male dominated culture” as a bigger barrier to an aviation career than “family/life/work balance.” And 71% of the survey respondents reported they had been sexually harassed at work. Airlines in India have also instituted policies that help women juggle aviation careers and family life, including allowing them to fly while pregnant, providing six months of paid maternity leave, creating flexible work schedules and offering childcare. The Civil Air Patrol, with its cadet squadrons, is one of the few national efforts to involve kids in aviation; most of the rest are programs We need an umbrella organization to integrate the disparate programs, develop specific outreach for girls and lobby the industry on women’s behalf.
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