Women in Aviation 2012 Conference Report
Recovering jobs market boosts attendance at networking event
Recovering jobs market boosts attendance at networking event

This year aviation companies, even airlines, are resuming hiring, and that alone may explain the new attendance record set by the annual Women in Aviation International Conference, held in Dallas from March 8 to 10. It might be difficult to believe that in 2012 women still need to band together to help each other find jobs in the aviation and aerospace industries. After all, even notoriously conservative Emirates Airlines turned up at the conference to join XOJet, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, among others, with booths in the exhibit hall looking for both pilots and flight attendants, a notable first for both Emirates and Women in Aviation International (WAI).