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how and what criteria to be a female pilot in airline?
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can have birthmark on face
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wrong place lah...Originally posted by FireIce:can have birthmark on face -
Duh.....Originally posted by FireIce:can have birthmark on face
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-_-".... i have perfect eyesights and a brown birthmark on my faceOriginally posted by FireIce:can have birthmark on face -
Originally posted by FireIce:can have birthmark on face
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can a female be a pilot in a airline the 1st place? cos i doubt it's possible.Originally posted by Jazzytunez:how and what criteria to be a female pilot in airline? -
Why female cannot be airline pilots? There are you know. Theres even an international society for them. Here:http://www.iswap.org/html/faqs.html.
And if you want real life examples of real fly female pilots, here:
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1663812
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other countries maybe, SIA i think i have heard of female 1st officers.Full fledged commercial pilots . . .not very sure.
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this is not Eternal Hope laOriginally posted by ditzy: -
confirm can.Read it in a local publication about 2 females in airline.Originally posted by Gordonator:can a female be a pilot in a airline the 1st place? cos i doubt it's possible. -
I know RSAF has got a few female pilots, my sqn has got 2 already.
Not so sure about commercial airline though -
If women can fly military planes, surely they can fly commercial transport planes right?
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Which airline r u considering? Check their website for the criteria and application procedures. Criteria should be the same for male and female cadets.Originally posted by Jazzytunez:how and what criteria to be a female pilot in airline?
I heard there are female pilots with SIA, but not sure which stage of the career they are in. -
everytime fly guy's aeroplane loh
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Got lah...you dun remember walker ah? She left YFC for SilkairOriginally posted by CenturionMBT:other countries maybe, SIA i think i have heard of female 1st officers.Full fledged commercial pilots . . .not very sure. -
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but she join them as a first officer captain or co-pilot?Originally posted by eurofighter:Got lah...you dun remember walker ah? She left YFC for Silkair -
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Saf trains selected personnels to be fighter pilots. They dont waste money to train a commerical pilot. You only work in airlines when you are past a certain age and have some years and certain hours of flying experience.
As for criteria...besides perfect eyesight, you need an university degree i think. Plus, you must pass lots of amptitude test, interviews. And you must do very well in saf training so that you get selected to become an airforce officer. -
But you heard of female captains yet?Originally posted by eurofighter:1st officer -
Both RSAF and SIA do not require perfect eyesight and U degree. Check respective website for details.Originally posted by Weike:Saf trains selected personnels to be fighter pilots. They dont waste money to train a commerical pilot. You only work in airlines when you are past a certain age and have some years and certain hours of flying experience.
As for criteria...besides perfect eyesight, you need an university degree i think. Plus, you must pass lots of amptitude test, interviews. And you must do very well in saf training so that you get selected to become an airforce officer. -
almost perfect eyesight. and most of the pilots have U degreeOriginally posted by nukewatch:Both RSAF and SIA do not require perfect eyesight and U degree. Check respective website for details. -
Originally posted by Xcert:Cant be bothered to go searching for the thread so I just open a new one.
Source : http://www.straitstimes.com/sub/lifestyle/story/0,5562,282277,00.html?
Oct 31, 2004
Flying high in a man's world
The new man in the cockpit is a woman. SANDRA LEONG reports
THE next time you fly SilkAir, the pilot of the plane may well be Ms Vanessa Ess. She is among a very small number of female pilots here. Her father was a pilot with Singapore Airlines for 35 years and she grew up 'always wanting to be in an aeroplane'.
After completing her hotel management and tourism degree at the University of Surrey in 1994, she spent about $10,000 getting a private flying licence with the Seletar Flying Club.
She joined SIA as a stewardess in 1995. But each time recruitment ads for cadet pilots came out, she applied even though the airline was looking for males, the 32-year-old says.
A friend later suggested she try her luck at SIA's subsidiary SilkAir, which in 2001 accepted Ms Anastasia Gan as its first female pilot. The latter had served as a transport pilot with the Republic of Singapore Air Force for 22 years.
A year after Ms Ess applied for cadet pilot training in 2000, she was accepted in the 2 1/2-year scheme. She passed last October, making her the first female to graduate from the Singapore Flying College based in Singapore and Perth.
Today, she co-pilots an Airbus 320 to destinations within a five-hour radius of Singapore. The plane can seat 142 passengers. Besides Ms Ess, SilkAir now has four female cadet pilots undergoing training. The airline has 117 pilots in all.
As for Ms Gan, she is now a first officer with Qantas' new low-cost carrier Jetstar Asia based here. It has two female pilots out of its crew of 40 - the other is an Australian citizen.
Ms Gan, 46, whose office is also an Airbus 320, recalls the pressure of being the rose among the thorns at SilkAir: 'I was very apprehensive because all eyes were on me. I had to work doubly hard.'
She joined Jetstar to be part of an 'up-and-coming' airline. Presently undergoing an upgrading course in Singapore and Australia, she may be promoted to captain at year-end if all goes well - another first for the female flying community here. In a plane, the captain is the overall commander. The first officer assists the captain.
So with Ms Ess and Ms Gan showing the way, will more Singaporean women be headed for the cockpit?
In other parts of the world, female pilots have become less of an exception. Airlines like Cathay Pacific, United Airlines, KLM, Northwest and even neighbouring AirAsia have all hired women.
In Singapore, however, opportunities remain considerably fewer. In a statement to LifeStyle, a spokesman for SIA says its criteria for appointment is designed to get the best and most suitably qualified pilots.
'The fact is almost all suitably qualified applicants are male, and this is the case with most airlines which operate the long-haul fleet as we do.'
SIA has about 2,000 pilots, both working and in training.
But women who do get the breaks have to be prepared for the sacrifices that come with the job. Ms Ess, who is single, says: 'You can't have kids in the early stages because it's better not to break the training process.'
Despite this, Ms Gan, who is married to an oil trader and has three daughters, thinks women high-flyers are as capable as any male pilot. In fact, she thinks that females bring another dimension to the job.
'Women have a softer touch and that can be an asset in the cockpit. The other male pilots trust you and warm up to you more easily.'