Finding Sisterhood Among Black Female Pilots: Women Who Travel Podcast

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2021-02-24

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Conde' Nast Traveler

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According to the FAA, only seven percent of certified airline pilots are female of which less than one percent are Black women. Two Black female captains have spent their careers flying on international legacy carriers, cargo flights, and corporate planes and they are working to pay forward to the Black female pilots of the future.

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Black Female Pilots, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Captain Kellie Young, Captain Stephanie Hartsfield, Sisters of the Skies, Women Who Travel Podcast, Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, OBAP

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