Girls can do anything !!!!!
 

Yep - girls CAN do anything - sometimes better than us guys !!!!

VIDEO: First Australian female pilot on the verge of worldwide milestone - 9news.com.au

:D

Why the rolleyes??
 

What an inspiration to all Pilots both male and female!

Well done to her on an amazing career forged through her own determined will.

In Qantas we have a similar character in Capt Cheryl Quinn. Her story describing the hurdles overcome to be QFs first female Pilot is awe inspiring. Small in stature but huge in character I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to operate under her Command.

You go Girls!:ok:

Bit of tall poppy syndrome ozziekiwi?

apologies to all you sensitive guys - just hit the wrong emoticon !!

All Good and yes go girls !! :ok:

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.

That would be Sharelle Quinn.....otherwise spot-on!

I see Morno is quite the insecure little man......no time for d./#@ks like you!!!

Errr, I'm a little confused by your comment coco.

They can't pee out a railway carriage window.

Nasty streak got the better of me........I'm sorry morno

Congrats Deb,

Aviation is much richer as a result of your involvement.

Look forward to hearing you make #1.

:ok::D

I think I've flown with her back in the 80's.
An Ansett 727 with an all girl crew lined up ..

I don't think so. Deb was the senior AN lady at that stage but, if I recall correctly, she was either doing her command or had recently checked out on the 737 at the time we prefer not to mention ... she headed off O/S subsequently.

Thoroughly pleasant person ...

jt is correct on both counts. She was command training when 1989 occurred, and she was always a very pleasant person to fly with.

Good to see her still going strong...

It was the age when Australia was quite insular in employment practices with them not employing females as pilots, plus of course the age requirements they had for all recruits. (myself included)
Although I do not know Deborah, congratulations on being able to turn the tide for women and of course having a long career. I love the "cranky old man" comment with regards Sir Reginald. Also not a bad plug for Tiger either!

"Ansett 727 with an all girl crew"

I agree with jt. Never happened. AN never had any women Capts or F/E's (prior to 89 )

According to my logbook I flew with Deb (B727 ) in July of 89.

As I recollect she was a good operator and am not surprised her career panned out the way it has.:ok:

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On a complimentary note,

Beth Garrett

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Cannot
 

They can't fly for SIA.......

And guys can do anything!!!

Mods - whats the point of this thread... suggest deletion

Aww, c`mon Skystar320, Lighten up a bit. :D

The occasional bit of levity on this particular forum is welcome IMHO.

GUYS CAN DO ANYTHING
 

Wow. A female pilot.

If your after an award, go elsewhere.

If she's so awesome, who's the longest serving male pilot in Australia.



No one will care.

Sex sells.

Maybe that's because as a general rule male pilots haven't had to fight in built prejudice and handed down values from previous generations that were a barrier against perusing an aviation career...

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.

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...

Perhaps not. But it is a job. Not too many 'dream' careers left in this industry.

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!!! :ugh::ugh:

PG

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!

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 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...

Now, now! Your perspective got a lot different...you were no longer in a cockpit, you were in a c**tpit! Things would have all seemed surreal!;)

Gerago

Well done, you have really lowered the tone.

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

I fail to see why it would be 'sweeter' if she was at QF :confused:.

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.

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.

Girls CAN do anything.
 

Eileen puts most of us in the shade.

Eileen Collins - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The coveted Space Shuttle endorsement! :E

So does that mean that , Deb Wardley has the title of being the oldest woman pilot to get an airline command in Australia ?

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.

Why do I get the feeling that the majority of posters have a 'sour grapes' attitude. Disappointing.:ugh:

Girl pilots??? "Aaaaww - that's not fair."




(esoterically posted for the 36 squadron boys)

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.

There were wimmin flogging RPT Herons with Southern Airlines out of Essendon in the early 1950s - before Deb Lawrie was born.