Aviation
This airline has a larger proportion of female pilots than other airlines.
The proportion of female airline pilots has quietly risen to just over 5% of all pilots worldwide, but visibility has not kept pace. Having motivating role models is crucial in life because it can be hard to imagine “doing something” or “becoming someone” if you have never seen what it looks like.
The lack of female airline pilot role models in popular culture creates an issue for the aviation sector. Due to the fact that gender roles are frequently represented in popular culture by traditional concepts, they are rarely represented in movies, television shows, or magazines.
On Wednesday, Air India announced that 15% of its 1,825 pilots are female, making it the airline with the highest proportion of female pilots. In honour of International Women’s Day, the Tata Group-owned Air India, Air India Express, and AirAsia India have scheduled more than 90 flights with an all-female crew. These flights have been flying on both domestic and international routes since March 1.
According to the carrier, women constitute over 40 percent of Air India’s workforce, with 275 of its 1,825 pilots being women, representing 15 percent of the cockpit crew strength and making it an airline that has one of the largest numbers of female pilots.
