Easy Jet: Doubles number of female pilots
What's the new goal of EasyJet regarding its pilot and what's Lord Ahmad point of view about air-carriers new plans?
Easy Jet is going to hire more women pilots by 2020. According to sources its goal is to hire 50 female pilots every year. The low cost air-carrier has also set its target of ensuring that the 20% of new entrant pilot recruited by easy jet in 2020 are female.
At the recruitment offices has accepted already 600 applications since British Low cost airline has taken the initiative and launched in October 2015 Amy Johnson programme for cadet pilots.
“ However, the proportion has not changed for pilots and it is hard to think of another high profile profession where women are so under –represented. We would like to understand why this is and to do what we can to redress the balance. We have been encouraged by the success of our Amy Johnson initiative since we launched it in October 2015 and the results so far suggest that the demand from women to become pilots is there” said Easy Jet’s CEO Carolyn McCall .
By increasing the number of female pilots in aviation it’s also a mission to accomplish for Easy Jet given that women in this specific role are only 3% per cent around the globe and only 450 of them have achieved the rank of captain.
Celebration for setting new goals:
The company held a small ceremony in Luton to celebrate the new set of target about doubling the score of new female entrants from 20% to 40%.
Among the guest was the Minister of Aviation Lord Ahmad who by the time he heard the initiative of Easy jet quoted that :” I am delighted that EasyJet has made such great progress in recruiting female cadet pilots through the Amy Johnson initiative, and that they have even higher ambitions for the coming years. The Government is committed to increasing the number of women employed in the transport sector and to ensuring that there no glass ceilings for anyone when it comes to fulfilling their full potential in their careers.”
During the ceremony the company has named one of its aircraft Amy Johnson as she was a pioneering English aviator. The plane A320 will fly across the entire EasyJet network to generate awareness of the initiative.
The EU Commissioner for Transport commented that: “ I welcome such an encouraging and positive initiative by the industry “ and adding that: “ I invite stakeholders to engage proactively in similar initiatives and with my team we plan to provide a platform to share such a good practices at EU level”.
Who is Amy Johnson:
One of the most pioneering English pilot and achieved worldwide recognition in 1930 when she became first female pilot to fly solo from Britain to Australia. The route was challenging as she was flying 11,000 miles and achieved to land in Darwin Northern Territory on 24 May after she left Croydon, south of London in May 5 1930.
