Props to Singapore Airlines for finally getting on board with hiring women to fly its planes. Everyone else has already done it, including SilkAir and Scoot, making SIA the last Singapore passenger carrier to get with the times. It's also quite possibly the last major global airline to hire female pilots — even budget ones like Jetstar Asia and Tigerair have beat it to the punch. 'Bout time, guys.
The two ladies responsible for this monumental shift joined the SIA intake of cadet pilots last August, and will train in Singapore and Australia for two to three years before being scheduled for commercial flights. As of yet, there's no target for the number of female hires to be added to the airline's current population of 2,000 pilots.