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III 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. RES.

98 Declaring March 8, 2023, as ‘‘National Emily Warner & Women Airline Pilots Day’’.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 8, 2023 Mr. HICKENLOOPER (for himself and Mr. BENNET) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Declaring March 8, 2023, as ‘‘National Emily Warner & Women Airline Pilots Day’’.
Whereas Emily Howell Warner (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘Emily Warner’’) of the State of Colorado is a cele- brated female airline pilot with a proud legacy of pro- moting gender equality in all professions; Whereas, 50 years ago, Emily Warner shattered the glass ceiling of the airline flight deck in the United States when she was hired by Frontier Airlines to be the first modern female airline pilot, opening the sky for other fe- male airline pilots; Whereas, in 1974, Emily Warner became the first female member of the Air Line Pilots Association, International; B O J _ $ $ h t i w D O R P 2 X 7 W V L J K S D n o s n n b p i 2 Whereas, in 1976, Emily Warner became first female airline captain in the United States; Whereas Emily Warner was a founding member of— (1) the Colorado Pilots Association; (2) the International Society of Women Airline Pi- lots; and (3) the Friends of the Granby/Grand County Air- port; Whereas the Frontier Airlines uniform worn by Emily War- ner hangs in the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum; Whereas, in 1994, Emily Warner was honored by Colorado Legislature Resolution 94–29, entitled ‘‘Honoring Cap- tain Emily Warner of the Achievements in Aviation His- tory’’; Whereas Emily Warner has been inducted into the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame, the Na- tional Women’s Hall of Fame, the National Aviation Hall of Fame, the Irish-American Hall of Fame, the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, and the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame; Whereas, in 2015, the Granby/Grand County Airport was re- named Emily Warner Field to honor the many contribu- tions of Emily Warner to aviation; Whereas roughly 6 percent of airline pilots in the United States are women; and Whereas honoring the legacy of Emily Warner of breaking barriers for women in aviation requires continued dedica- tion and commitments to ensuring greater representation of women in the airline pilot workforce and in all aviation careers: Now, therefore, be it •SRES 98 IS B O J _ $ $ Resolved, That the Senate does hereby declare March 8, 2023, as ‘‘National Emily Warner & Women Airline Pi- lots Day’’.
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