What are the risks involved for girls working in the aviation industry?

Airline jobs have always been glamorous, to begin with. Because of that a lot of people have been in awe of women, especially air hostesses working in the airlines. But sometimes, there can be a few unruly passengers who may create unnecessary trouble for the air hostesses. But with more and more airlines coming up and air travel becoming cheaper and more and more people using air transport, the sight of air hostesses has become quite common and people as well have become more disciplined and cases of misdemeanor have gone down quite a bit. With at least one male cabin crew member becoming compulsory on all international flights, as alcohol is served on those flights, the risk of handling unruly passengers has further gone down. The aviation industry, along with its thousands of SOPs in place and enough security measures being taken, is perhaps one of the safest industries for women to work for today!

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Hello, Aviation and girls have a very old relationship. Air Hostesses are associated with flying almost since the inception of commercial aviation. Girls or women have now entered almost all other fields of aviation which were earlier reserved for males. Air Traffic Control, Meteorologist, Pilot, Navigation, AME, computer science, etc. Of course in the bargain, the exclusive preserve of air hostess has now been replaced by Cabin Crew where both girls and boys work shoulder to shoulder. When one thinks of the safety of our women or girls then aviation sector is no different than others. Here too, risks are there but with the advent of tone and SOP's in place, such incidences have definitely reduced if not eliminated completed. We must accept this and still proceed to make this as much safe as possible. It's only education to the boys and mindset change can make a great contribution.

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Nowadays, almost every airline in aviation industry follows a policy of equal treatment to all its staff members irrespective of Caste, Gender or Origin. As far as female staff safety is concerned, policies are implemented and effectively followed, so that none is harassed in any manner. Since, I am employed with Air India, let me narrate an example showing equal authority in Air India to women pilots like that for men pilots. Air India marks International Women Day by flying All Women Operated flights <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.airindia.in/newsdetail.htm?667" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://www.airindia.in/newsdetail.htm?667</a> Apart from this, India currently has 5,100 pilots, of which 600, or 11.7 per cent, are women, according to ministry of civil aviation data. There are a total 130,000 pilots in the world, of which 4,000, or about 3 per cent, are women, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots. All this has been made possible due to the tough policies and strict follow of the same. So, feel safe and join the industry with full zeal.

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In today's era, you can not afford to think that if you are a girl then you are not fit for the aviation sector. In this global age of women driven world, when women are commercial pilots, IAF's pilots, Defense Minister then why can't they work in AAI or ATC industry. There is no risk at all and if there is any risk, then it will not bias on bases of gender. There are certain requirements which you need to fulfill before step-into the aviation industry. An unmarried female Indian citizen, 19 to 23 years of age, a first-class graduate in any discipline with physics and maths at 10+2 level or BE/ B.Tech with a minimun of 60% aggregate. You must have to ensure about your martial status and your age limit. As far as other risks are concerned, you do not need to bother about that because various safety equipment are all time available in-and-out flights for you. So there is not risk/threat at all! Hope this helps. Good luck.

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