Hera Aviation Tackles Flying, Family Caregiver Issues
Hera Aviation is a non-profit organization that helps companies learn how to provide more equitable careers for working caregivers.

When Jessica Webster was 12 years old, a chance encounter at an airshow launched her career as a pilot and at the same time taught her a valuable lesson about how one man with a gracious and welcoming attitude could open the doors to an incredible career for a young girl. Years later another man slammed that door shut on Webster, who was a pregnant professional pilot, perpetuating mythical objections for rejecting her upgrade to captain and demonstrating that, even in these modern times, the playing field for women in aviation is not level.


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