Chennai: ‘Happy Women’s Day... We are now 22,000 feet above sea level,’ an affable voice announced on board AI-263, bound to Thiruvananthapuram, via Bangalore, from Chennai.
The voice was that of M. Deepa who was in command of the flight manned by an all-woman crew, and had an all-woman journalist group from Chennai, as part of Air India’s celebration of International Women’s Day. Apart from Capt. Deepa, there was First Officer Nimisha Goel in the cockpit, and Y. Radhika conducted the engineering certification for the flight.
Ms. Radhika works as a senior aircraft engineer, a field that was still largely male-dominated, she said.
Meenakshi Dua, executive director, Air India (southern region), said Air India had over 160 women pilots, including 25 from the southern region, flying its fleet.
09/03/14 Asha Sridhar/The Hindu
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The voice was that of M. Deepa who was in command of the flight manned by an all-woman crew, and had an all-woman journalist group from Chennai, as part of Air India’s celebration of International Women’s Day. Apart from Capt. Deepa, there was First Officer Nimisha Goel in the cockpit, and Y. Radhika conducted the engineering certification for the flight.
Ms. Radhika works as a senior aircraft engineer, a field that was still largely male-dominated, she said.
Meenakshi Dua, executive director, Air India (southern region), said Air India had over 160 women pilots, including 25 from the southern region, flying its fleet.
09/03/14 Asha Sridhar/The Hindu
