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Women in Aviation
Bridging the gap
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Attracting more women into aviation
Commercial aviation is staring down the end of a demographics barrel. It’s rare that Boeing and Airbus or Qantas and Virgin Australia agree on much, but the two global airframers agree that more than a million pilots and maintenance technicians will need to be trained in the next twenty years, and Australia’s largest airline groups are spending time, senior level focus and money on ensuring they have the resources to meet soaring demand.
The problem is, the industry is currently missing out on fifty percent of the global talent pool: women. Fewer than five percent of pilots are women — Qantas says three per cent, worldwide — and the proportion of maintenance engineers is smaller still. Commercial aviation, and particularly the technical world of the flightdeck and maintenance hangar, is disproportionally dominated by men, although airlines, airframers, suppliers and the rest of the industry are, largely, looking to attract more women into the business.
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