The 24th annual International Women in Aviation Conference, held March 14 to 16 in Nashville, Tenn., proved its worth last month as a mentoring, networking and outreach event, as attendees packed the show floor to take advantage of the diverse aviation and aerospace job fair.
For the first time ever, there were at least as many men in the exhibit hall as women, many of them dressed for interviews sporting résumés in thick binders or briefcases. The organization had never had so many on-site registrations, according to Women in Aviation International president Dr. Peggy Chabrian, and the bulk of them were looking for jobs with WAI exhibitors that included United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, ExpressJet, American Eagle, Republic, Skywest, US Airways, JetBlue Airways, Virgin America, UPS, FedEx Express and several corporate operators, as well as flight-training institutions and manufacturers of corporate aircraft.
