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Captain Emily: The First Female U.S. Airline Captain

Captain Emily: The First Female U.S. Airline Captain

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United Airlines recently announced that a woman is now the airline's most senior captain, a first for a major airline.

But women piloting U.S. jetliners is something that only began to occur in the 1970s, and today just over 5% of all U.S. Airline Transport Pilot rating holders are women.

Join me for the story of the first U.S. airline captain, Emily Howell Warner of Colorado, and the challenging environment she had to conquer to earn four stripes on her uniform sleeve!

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