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09-27-2016, 05:30 AM
This woman just might be the world's youngest airline captain
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A British 26-year-old woman might have just become the world's youngest commercial airline captain. Her co-pilot? He's only 19 years old.
Kate McWilliams and Luke Elsworth flew from London to Malta this week, safely guiding hundreds of passengers to their destinations with the airline Easyjet, according to CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/business/woman-26-easyjet-youngest-pilot-captain/index.html).*
SEE ALSO: The cost of becoming a pilot is making the job a pipe dream (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/regional-pilot-shortage/)
McWilliams recently rose to the rank of captain, but her age isn't the only thing that makes her a pioneer in the field.
There are just 450 female airline captains worldwide, out of 130,000 pilots internationally, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots (http://www.iswap.org/content.aspx?page_id=274&club_id=658242). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/youngest-airline-captain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A British 26-year-old woman might have just become the world's youngest commercial airline captain. Her co-pilot? He's only 19 years old.
Kate McWilliams and Luke Elsworth flew from London to Malta this week, safely guiding hundreds of passengers to their destinations with the airline Easyjet, according to CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/business/woman-26-easyjet-youngest-pilot-captain/index.html).*
SEE ALSO: The cost of becoming a pilot is making the job a pipe dream (http://mashable.com/2016/04/20/regional-pilot-shortage/)
McWilliams recently rose to the rank of captain, but her age isn't the only thing that makes her a pioneer in the field.
There are just 450 female airline captains worldwide, out of 130,000 pilots internationally, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots (http://www.iswap.org/content.aspx?page_id=274&club_id=658242). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/youngest-airline-captain/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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