Yahoo

I was the first woman to be hired as a pilot by a major US airline in 1973. When I first started, they called me 'the little girl' and a uniform for women didn't even exist.

When American Airlines hired her in 1973, Bonnie Tiburzi was the only woman among 214 new hires. At the time, she was 24 years old and two years younger than most of the new hires. She says the ...
KGUN 9

Women taking flight: Tucson 99s inspires women to take flight in aviation

With fewer than 10% of pilots being women, the Tucson 99s are on a mission to lift more female aviators into the skies.
The Daily Dot

‘You know what the pilot uniforms are’: Airport agent mistakes pilot for flight attendant because she’s a woman

Airline pilot Sabrina Johnson (@ssabrinaleej) posted a TikTok that quickly went viral about how she was mistaken for a flight attendant just because she is a woman. In the short clip, the pilot ...
Time

Army & Navy: Lady Pilots

Commander Nancy Harkness Love of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (TIME, Sept. 21) last week told about WAFS uniforms: grey-green wool gabardine jackets with squared shoulders, gored skirts, ...
Essence

American Airlines Takes Us Through A Day In The Life Of Black Women Pilots & Cadets

The 2021 ESSENCE Girls United Summit brought together young women from various backgrounds who are working to make strides towards the next phase of their lives as students, career women, ...
Crain's Chicago Business

In sometimes unfriendly skies, one of United Airlines’ first Black women pilots helped make history

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. After United Airlines Capt. Theresa Claiborne landed her ...