Video: The girl at the helm of the plane: Instagram star pilot Emily talks about working under the skies
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
There are few women among the pilots of passenger planes - and pilot Emily Christine knows this better than anyone else “Being a woman in aviation is often the only woman in a room at a general meeting,” the girl admits. "I was one girl in a pilot school, and there were two of us interviewing for the current job."
31 year old Emily Christine (Emilie Christine) from Toronto became known to the public after she opened an account on Instagram @pilotemilie and her popularity soared more abruptly than any plane - now her page is followed by 41 thousand subscribers.
Emily received her pilot's license 7 years ago and is now working for the Canadian airline WestJet. A girl sits at the controls of a Bombardier Dash 8, built in her home country of Canada.
Despite the fact that there are very, very few women in aviation, Emily does not regret her choice a bit - even if she goes alone, she follows her consciously chosen path. The girl admits that she likes absolutely everything in her work - from the opportunity to travel to the opportunity to constantly meet new people.
“I really love to explore the world and travel, I love that I can see other countries - it gives me a sense of freedom. The feeling of flying is priceless. All problems and worries immediately begin to seem smaller and insignificant. It gets much easier. I really appreciate grandiose and large-scale things in life - they give me the feeling of real freedom."
While talking about the fate of women in aviation, Emily claims she does not feel gender pressure, but admits that she has to work a little harder than men to prove that she deserves her job and her title. “In fact, it is very inspiring that I have come so far in this area. If there weren't all these women who fought for their rights, I wouldn't be here now. I got my education, I got the job I wanted, everything on a general basis. And I hope that the more women try themselves in aviation, the less shaky I will feel, the less challenge this job will be for me."
Emily admits that she is very given to help other women with her example - to inspire them, to show that you can achieve what you want - the main thing is not to give up. "Even if I manage to do just a little to inspire someone, it will be great."
Emily makes 12-16 flights every week, and during this time has visited countries in all parts of the world - Iceland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Peru, Costa Rica, Cuba, Republic of Congo, Australia and the Bahamas. With all this, the girl considers her trip to Croatia to be the most pleasant journey. And later this year, she plans to visit Tanzania on her own and climb Kilimanjaro.
“I understand perfectly well that it costs a lot to learn to be a pilot. I set myself goals and priorities. And now, in the same way, I have decided to invest in travel - this is my contribution to personal growth, in order to become a better person, in order to better understand my colleagues, our guests, my partner and my family. And also now - my subscribers in social networks."
For girls who also want to try their hand at aviation, Emily gives advice - never give up. “Mistakes do happen, but a mistake can only be considered a mistake if you don't stop. I was “wrong” more than once - I flunked written tests and flight tests, but I did not give up and tried again and again. And this kind of behavior seems to me a sign of real success. It may even seem like there is no end to the problems or it is all too complicated, but if you go forward every day, then, looking back, you will be surprised how far you can get."
In our article "Mission for Peace" we talk about how an amateur pilot landed a plane on Red Square and what happened to him after that.
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