Girls can do anything !!!!!
If she's so awesome, who's the longest serving male pilot in Australia.
No one will care.
No one will care.
A feel good media story about aviation, there is always someone who has to have a sook, yet I bet you'll be the first person to complain when there is a negative story also.
Good on her, no doubt her actions as well as those of her peers have paved the way for many females in their desire to fly.
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All those hours and she chooses to fly for Tiger...
Story would have been much better if she flew in Qantas.
No disrespect to tiger pilots but it's hardly the career dream...
Story would have been much better if she flew in Qantas.
No disrespect to tiger pilots but it's hardly the career dream...
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No disrespect to tiger pilots but it's hardly the career dream...
Especially if you want a job in Australia.
As for a job with QF instead of TT...well even Amelia Earhart or Chuck Yeager would have failed to get a guernsey when there's been no hiring!!!
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Too Much,
She didn't fly for Qantas because she instead rose to very senior ranks in the safety department of KLM and was on the A330 there. You know KLM, right? The oldest continuously operating airline in the world and maybe even an airline of equal repute to Qantas.
She came back to Australia to be home and has held management positions and/ or flown for JQ, JQNZ and Tiger since.
Not every brilliant pilot flies for Qantas and many, many brilliant flying careers don't include that airline.
Many do as well, but take off your blinkers.
Well done, Deb!
She didn't fly for Qantas because she instead rose to very senior ranks in the safety department of KLM and was on the A330 there. You know KLM, right? The oldest continuously operating airline in the world and maybe even an airline of equal repute to Qantas.
She came back to Australia to be home and has held management positions and/ or flown for JQ, JQNZ and Tiger since.
Not every brilliant pilot flies for Qantas and many, many brilliant flying careers don't include that airline.
Many do as well, but take off your blinkers.
Well done, Deb!
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Not disputing her CV for a second and I'm sure she has held some excellent positions throughout her career.
I was simply stating the "story" would have been sweeter if it was QF
I was simply stating the "story" would have been sweeter if it was QF
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I know a German lady who was a commercial pilot from 1960 to 2004. She had to open her own flightschool/banner towing and air taxi company to get employment.
Biggest airplane she flew was a twotter, providing an internal german airline service, she in fact was the DO and founded that airline for an investor.
Said airline went on to be "Deutsche BA" and is now part of Air Berlin.
She still has the letter from Lufthansa, telling her that female pilots aren`t accepted...
Biggest airplane she flew was a twotter, providing an internal german airline service, she in fact was the DO and founded that airline for an investor.
Said airline went on to be "Deutsche BA" and is now part of Air Berlin.
She still has the letter from Lufthansa, telling her that female pilots aren`t accepted...
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I think I've flown with her back in the 80's.
An Ansett 727 with an all girl crew lined up with a bit of a crosswind. With throttles up and speed increasing we went for a little excursion to the edge of the runway and back, a bit of a whoopsie moment, but all was good and it was an enjoyable flight to Brisbane.
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I think I've flown with her back in the 80's.
An Ansett 727 with an all girl crew lined up with a bit of a crosswind. With throttles up and speed increasing we went for a little excursion to the edge of the runway and back, a bit of a whoopsie moment, but all was good and it was an enjoyable flight to Brisbane.
Too Much, why would you consider Qantas to be a dream job
Up to that event we can't refer to, agreed it was
Since then I wouldn't of thought so
These days you'd be fortunate to have a airline jet job with plenty dreaming of just having a chance at any of the carriers
Cream crew at Q, they have just as many duds percentage wise as any other company
In my time this lady will be amounst the leaders of my list of high Aus aviation achievers
Up to that event we can't refer to, agreed it was
Since then I wouldn't of thought so
These days you'd be fortunate to have a airline jet job with plenty dreaming of just having a chance at any of the carriers
Cream crew at Q, they have just as many duds percentage wise as any other company
In my time this lady will be amounst the leaders of my list of high Aus aviation achievers
I fail to see why it would be 'sweeter' if she was at QF 
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Deb is quite a good pilot, having flown with her a bit, so I think it's completely irrelevant where she works.
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.Deb is quite a good pilot, having flown with her a bit, so I think it's completely irrelevant where she works.
morno
What would have been "sweeter" was if she was made the first female Chief Pilot of a major domestic airline. I wonder whether her battles (and not just females) will be around discrimination based on age? I'm not talking about flying the line but higher levels of management within an airline.
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FYI, Deb didnt have the seniority for a command at KLM, by the time she left. She certainly did have a command at KLM Cityhopper, and then bid across to F/O on the mighty MD-11, followed by the A-330. If she had stayed she would currently rate a B737 command.
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Girls CAN do anything.
No one can say Deborah has had an easy ride. After resigning in 1989 she reapplied to join Ansett and was unsuccessful due to public comments she made during the dispute.
From memory it was 3.5 years before she was able to secure another airline position. This time with KLM Cityhopper in Amsterdam. During her hiatus from airline flying Deborah had a son (Thomas) who would now be approx. 23 years of age.
From memory it was 3.5 years before she was able to secure another airline position. This time with KLM Cityhopper in Amsterdam. During her hiatus from airline flying Deborah had a son (Thomas) who would now be approx. 23 years of age.
My congratulations to Captain Deborah Lawrie for confronting a such a formidable challenge as a young lady which has now resulted in a mindset change for the previously male dominated profession of flight deck crew.
You have been and will continue to be an inspiration for the many young lady aviators that will follow in your footsteps.
You have been and will continue to be an inspiration for the many young lady aviators that will follow in your footsteps.
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My congratulations to Captain Deborah Lawrie for confronting a such a formidable challenge as a young lady