Evening star., 1936-07-26
Aviation Offers Fine Career
By William NJ. KrOger. !.
MELIA EARHART, when ask

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" why she few. replied, For
n the fun Of it"
4 That was several years ago.
That was several years ago. Now
girls have a different answer For
them, aviation still holds adventure
and thrills, yes, but also profit. The
jobs listed below promise all three.
Pilot-Whatever her goal in avia-
tlon may be, q girl achieves 1t more
quickly with pilots license, either
limited commercial or transport. A
limited commercial license, obtained
after SO hours Of flying, allows its
holder to do everything but teach
students and command airliners. A
transport license is secured after 200
flying hours, and its possessor Is barred
from no phase Of plotting.
A girl has her choice Of two ways
to learn to fly. The best way Is to
enroll at q high-class school that
teaches everything from ground work
to meteorology tstudy of weather).
The average cost of this training Is
$500. but a student graduates with
her transport license.
An easier way is to take ground
school course separate from flying in
struction, which is obtained In spare
time. After Soloing. the girl has to
plug away, building up the flying time
necessary for the various licenses.
This method, because of the cost Of
renting planes to get time" Is prob
ably just as expensive as the first way.
But while learning to fly in this
manner, a girl can hold regular job
and thus defray expenses.
A PILOTS license opens the door to
= such jobs as airline co-pilot pay
ing about s20l a month";, demonstrator
for new aircraft. pilot for business
concerns owning private planes, in
structor, airline executive.
Women are strangers to none Of
those positions. Away back in World
War days. Marjorie Stinson, sister
of Eddie Stinson. famed pilot and air.
plane builder, taught Canadian avia-
tors to fly. Amelia Earhart, with
several famous men pilots. managed
the first airline on the Eastern coast
Helen Richey was an airline co-pilot
for several months.
However, q girl entering the pilot
ing field has a battle on her hands.
For years flying was considered mans
work. The feeling developed that
women weren't fitted for commercial
flying. AS that feeling still persists,
the girl pilots biggest obstacle is
prejudice.
The prejudice, though, is based on
one strong point. Even top-notch
women flyers admit the average wom-
an is not strong enough to handle q
huge transport plane in very stormy
weather.
CTEWARDESS-Nextt to a position
- as a pilot. that as a stewardess
seems most alluring to young Miss
America. Supplying passengers
needs high in the clouds is fascinat-
ing workout terrifically hard to get.
Every year thousands Of girls apply
for it. And all airlines combined en-
ploy only Q few more than 200
hosteSSeS!
Only trained nurses are hired. This
means girl has been through at
least three years Of hard work and
harder study. But it has developed
in her, qualities airlines insist their
stewardesses have-discipline, self-re-
lance, coolness in emergencies.
Other qualifications are youth (not
over 26), Smallness of stature weight
under 100 pounds, height not over
feet ~, aWractivenss. But on most
lines a stewardess' charms are wasted.
She can't marry and keep her job!
The future in her position compares
favorably with the difficulties sur
rounding it. Ruth Haviland, one of
the first stewardeSses, now is trans
poration agent for an airline. A job
as air hostess paying $ll8 a month.
is excellent preparation for entrance
into the business side of aviation.
NION-FLYING work-The greatest
field for girls not keen on fly
ing for living, lies in an airline's
traffic department, which books pas
sengers. To succeed here, a girl
should have general knowledge Of
aviation and air transportation lob
tanned through reading, hanging
around airports, by a ground course