Charter & Fractional
EJA’s first female pilot recalls her brief ‘career’
They called them “libbers” back in 1973.

They called them “libbers” back in 1973. Any women who presumed to take on a profession normally associated with males were generally assumed to be radical members of the then-new “women’s liberation” movement. Kathy Kusner was one of them. She was the first woman to fly for Executive Jet Aviation, one of the largest charter operators in the country at that time. She was already a famous Olympic equestrienne, having competed in the 1964 (Tokyo), 1968 (Mexico City) and 1972 (Munich) games, where she trotted off with a silver medal.

In recalling her short “career” as a professional pilot, Kusner recently told AIN, “It all came about rather quickly, really.