Women's History Month: 'Sisters of the Skies' aims to close diversity gap among professional pilots
Sandra Bookman has more on what it is and why we celebrate it. "Eagle Flight is giving people like us in these local communities an opportunity to fly an airplane and get exposure," Muriithi said And that will hopefully help close a gap in the aviation industry. According to Sisters of the Skies -- an organization of professional Black female pilots -- less than 1% of pilots in the US are Black women. "For us to be in 2021, it is kind of a shock," said Monique Grayson, a member of the organization and a first officer with Delta Airlines. Her interest in planes took off when she was 12 years o...
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