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Advisory Board Calls for Measures To Narrow Aviation's Gender Gap

The Women in Aviation Advisory Board made 55 recommendations on cultural change, recruitment/retention efforts, and data collection to close gender gap.

The Women in Aviation Advisory Board convened in a live broadcast with the FAA on March 21, 2022, which was streamed live on YouTube and Facebook. Fifty-Five recommendations were made by the board to the FAA on cultural change, recruitment/retention efforts, and data collection to close the gender gap.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

March 21, 2022

The Women in Aviation Advisory Board (WIAAB) in March moved to “change the system,” signing off on 55 recommendations surrounding culture, recruitment, retention, advancement, and data to draw more females into the industry.

Congress established the 30-member WIAAB in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 to address the long-standing gender gap in the aviation workforce. Comprising industry and academic leaders, the WIAAB found that, with the exception of flight attendants, women represent 20 percent or fewer of most major aviation job categories.

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