October 19, 20187 yr Rosella Bjornson honoured with Alberta Order of Excellence Once, while landing a plane in Calgary, Rosella Bjornson radioed the tower and was mistaken for a misbehaving stewardess. The year was 1974 and Bjornson was the only woman in North America working as a commercial pilot. "We were landing at the Calgary Airport, and of course I was using the radio. And the ground controller said, 'When did Transair start allowing flight attendants to use the radio?' "I laughed and I said, 'I'm not a flight attendant. I'm a pilot.'" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rosella-bjornson-pilot-alberta-order-of-excellence-1.4868503?cmp=FB_Post_News&fbclid=IwAR3-Y8_XGsoSO8VtRM6S8Rn49-ucCJIniTrhKjVz9su0fEsoDYG5yAXQ8hA Edited October 19, 20187 yr by Matthew Kane Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
October 19, 20187 yr Commercial Member That’s so cool, but word not allowed, 1974. That feels awful close to recent history.
October 19, 20187 yr Author 1 minute ago, Jessica Bannister-Pearce said: That’s so cool, but word not allowed, 1974. That feels awful close to recent history. What is a real shame was all those women flying ferry flights during WW2 from the factories to the airfields and were exceptional pilots with years of experience, but were not allowed into the airline jobs after the war. It took until 1974 to begin to break down that barrier. That is a very long time. Matthew Kane I'm Dyslexic, what's an error to you is not to me
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