LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Greater than 300 women visited MGM’s personal hangar at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas to have fun Women in Aviation Day.
The subsequent era of aviators had an up-close take a look at completely different plane, and the careers surrounding them. For attendees like Evelyn Tornow, it was like nothing else.
“I wasn’t really excited to come because usually when I go to places like this, they just talk about, talk about planes for hours and hours, but when I came here, I was just mind blown,” Tornow mentioned.
Allegiant pilot Kati Whatley confirmed attendees the ins and outs of a jet. She mentioned the number of jobs is what drew her to the profession.
“There’s maintenance, there’s engineering, there’s dispatch, being a flight attendant,” Whatley mentioned. “Within aviation, you can even become an engineer and design the planes, you don’t have to just fly the plane, there’s a lot of other roles.”
Greater than 300 women visited MGM’s personal hangar at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas to have fun Women in Aviation Day. (KLAS)
Greater than 300 women visited MGM’s personal hangar at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas to have fun Women in Aviation Day. (KLAS)
Greater than 300 women visited MGM’s personal hangar at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport in Las Vegas to have fun Women in Aviation Day. (KLAS)
The range additionally pursuits attendees like Hailey Hashagen, who mentioned she needs to be a pilot or flight attendant. Listening to first-hand from girls within the subject was a particular expertise for her and others on the occasion.
“It’s inspiring to show that they achieved the goal to getting there, and they’ve now been doing it for a while,” she mentioned.
In line with FAA information, 5.5% of airline pilots are girls. Women in Aviation Day is about altering that quantity. Aaliyah Mize is planning to get her personal pilot’s license, mentioning the variety of girls within the skies.
“A lot of people will say, ‘oh, being a pilot or a mechanic is not a woman’s job, it’s mostly a men’s job,’ but a lot of people can do whatever they want to, it’s mostly live up your dream, be who you are, the sky’s the limit,” Mize mentioned.
