Flying high with pride

Chennai: As part of its efforts to empower women, Air Deccan, the Bangalore-based no frills airline, has employed 34 women pilots.
"We have a cohesive and excellent team led by Capt. Indira who has over 8,000 hours of flying experience in the Boeing-737 jets and after conversion tests, she has now migrated to flying the Airbus jetliners," Capt. G.R. Gopinath, Chief Executive Officer of Air Deccan said.
The airline had always favoured a policy of recruiting more women airhostesses for the cabin crew instead of male stewards.
Commenting on women taking to flying as a career, Capt. R. Nandkumar, honorary secretary of the Madras Flying Club, said it was heartening to note that more women were opting for flying as a career.
20/09/06 T.S. Shankar/The Hindu

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