Ed. Note: Mireille Goyer is founder and president of the Institute for Women of Aviation Worldwide, which has marked the anniversary of the issuance of the first pilot certificate to a woman, Raymonde de Laroche, on March 8, 1910, with events aimed at welcoming women and girls into aviation held through the first week of […]

Thousands of women and girls around the world are invited to explore aviation and space career opportunities and experienced free Fly It Forward® flights in their local communities during the 13th annual Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week, March 6-12, 2023. The Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide (iWOAW) who initiated the industry’s outreach effort in […]

“At United, we’re convinced that the root of the problem is that it costs over $100,000 and takes five or more years to obtain all the training to become eligible to fly for a major airline,” said Scott Kirby, CEO at United Airlines in a recently published opinion piece titled “The truth about the pilot […]

“We were a little slow to take responsibility,” said Dennis Muilenburg, President and CEO for Boeing, at a two-day meetup between Boeing’s executives and a handful of industry influencers from across the globe I attended last week in Seattle. Aircraft crashes rarely create mass panic. As rare as they have become, we still understand that […]

To your recent blog about news stories that promote women, I would add these comments: Yes, all-female flights or fake or minor women’s firsts have multiple negative aspects including the one you mentioned, “Imagine that. They could actually do it.” But also it gives an impression that women have just arrived in the industry as […]