Female Pilots Form Their Own Version of Club Elite
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At last week’s pilot training course for Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s Scoot carrier, Eva Maria Thien stood out among the participants because she was the only woman. She also was the instructor.
She’s a rarity in the male-dominated world of pilots. Just 3 percent of pilots worldwide are female, and in Singapore, where Thien is based, the figure is about 1 percent. By comparison, women make up about 23 percent of the leadership ranks at technology companies like Facebook Inc. and Yahoo! Inc.