According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women currently make up only 5.3 percent of pilots and flight engineers, while 65 percent of flight attendants are women.
Why stay in the back of the airplane when you can have a great career in the cockpit, or in the control tower, or the maintenance shop? That’s the question Stephanie Carpentier, a managing partner at aerospace and defense consulting firm Aerontii, considered with her friends as they brainstormed with each other during social gatherings.
