<p>It is a job that requires a high degree of intelligence and quick-thinking, the ability to multi-task, and to work under pressure and as part of a team. It comes with huge rewards, not just monetary but the satisfaction of being responsible for a multi-million dollar piece of machinery, as well as the safety and comfort of dozens of passengers and crew.</p>
<p><img alt="CAE Women in Partnership" src="/getasset/d8be5d79-1919-4efe-b7b8-4211ad7f8b37/" /></p>
<p><em><cite>Source: Ted Blackbrow / ANL / Shutterstock</cite><br />
Early pioneers: women pilots with Air UK in the 1980s</em></p>
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<p>You get to work at a desk where the view changes every minute, and where there is opportunity aplenty for rapid promotion and even to travel the world.</p>
<p>So why, long after women have made significant in-roads into other male-dominated professions, are some 95% of airline pilots still men?</p>
<p>It is a conundrum that confounds an industry awkwardly conscious of its image as a gentlemen’s club – at least as far as the “front office” of an airliner is concerned. Many airlines say they would love to employ more women pilots, if only more would come forward. While candidates for cabin crew positions are overwhelmingly female, women account for far fewer than one in 10 pilot applicants.</p>
<p>That is a problem that goes back to formative years, say some. From being handed Barbie dolls rather than toy aeroplanes to play with, to advice from teachers as a teenager, and a lack of role models and mentors, not enough girls are encouraged to think that being an airline pilot is a career for them.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/cae-skys-no-limit"><strong>FlightGlobal has teamed up with CAE to produce a special feature package that addresses some of these challenges.</strong></a></p>
<p>We ask what can be done to increase the pipeline of young women training to be airline pilots, and how carriers themselves can tackle some of the issues that mean many female pilots drop out of the profession before retirement?</p>
<p>We profile four women pilots – including a <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/dreamliner-dreaming/136982.article">student embarking on her career at one of CAE’s training academies</a>, and another <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/one-of-the-few/136985.article">who started hers as one of just four female pilots with a US major in the early 1980s</a>.</p>
<p>And we celebrate <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/ten-of-the-pioneers-who-paved-the-way/136989.article">10 pioneering women aviators</a>, from those who broke the mould a century ago to one who continues to battle against gender stereotypes today.</p>
<p>Using data from The International Society of Women Airline Pilots, we also highlight the huge diversity in the sector, from carriers that have made great strides in their employment of women pilots to those where fewer than one in 100 are female. Who these airlines are might surprise you.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/cae-skys-no-limit"><u><strong>Click here to view the full feature</strong></u></a></p>
<p><img alt="CAE Women in Partnership" src="/getasset/d8be5d79-1919-4efe-b7b8-4211ad7f8b37/" /></p>
<p><em><cite>Source: Ted Blackbrow / ANL / Shutterstock</cite><br />
Early pioneers: women pilots with Air UK in the 1980s</em></p>
<p> </p>
<p>You get to work at a desk where the view changes every minute, and where there is opportunity aplenty for rapid promotion and even to travel the world.</p>
<p>So why, long after women have made significant in-roads into other male-dominated professions, are some 95% of airline pilots still men?</p>
<p>It is a conundrum that confounds an industry awkwardly conscious of its image as a gentlemen’s club – at least as far as the “front office” of an airliner is concerned. Many airlines say they would love to employ more women pilots, if only more would come forward. While candidates for cabin crew positions are overwhelmingly female, women account for far fewer than one in 10 pilot applicants.</p>
<p>That is a problem that goes back to formative years, say some. From being handed Barbie dolls rather than toy aeroplanes to play with, to advice from teachers as a teenager, and a lack of role models and mentors, not enough girls are encouraged to think that being an airline pilot is a career for them.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/cae-skys-no-limit"><strong>FlightGlobal has teamed up with CAE to produce a special feature package that addresses some of these challenges.</strong></a></p>
<p>We ask what can be done to increase the pipeline of young women training to be airline pilots, and how carriers themselves can tackle some of the issues that mean many female pilots drop out of the profession before retirement?</p>
<p>We profile four women pilots – including a <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/dreamliner-dreaming/136982.article">student embarking on her career at one of CAE’s training academies</a>, and another <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/one-of-the-few/136985.article">who started hers as one of just four female pilots with a US major in the early 1980s</a>.</p>
<p>And we celebrate <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/cae-skys-no-limit/ten-of-the-pioneers-who-paved-the-way/136989.article">10 pioneering women aviators</a>, from those who broke the mould a century ago to one who continues to battle against gender stereotypes today.</p>
<p>Using data from The International Society of Women Airline Pilots, we also highlight the huge diversity in the sector, from carriers that have made great strides in their employment of women pilots to those where fewer than one in 100 are female. Who these airlines are might surprise you.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/flight-international/cae-skys-no-limit"><u><strong>Click here to view the full feature</strong></u></a></p>