Thursday 1 September 2011

Pakistani Woman Pilot

This is Rifat Haye. The Pakistani pilot who flew me from Islamabad to Lahore earlier this month.

It is always a pleasure to be flown by a woman. I have had the pleasure of being on an aircraft with an all-woman crew in India, but this was one woman I had to meet -- after all, she is one of the nine Pakistani pilots in service and perhaps the seniormost too.

After the very smooth landing I made my way to the cockpit hoping there would not be an overreaction because of my nationality.

Haye was a charmer. She spoke to me about her career spanning 20 years and also let me photograph her.

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