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Despite the glamour and publicity, female pilots remain a distinct minority Thanks to Hollywood, most anyone in the United States can tell you three things about Amelia Earhart: She was a pioneer aviator in the 1920s, she was from Kansas and she helped make female pilots even cooler. But even after Amelia (the real woman and the Hollywood screenplay), the progress of women in aviation has been somewhat mixed, at least if judged by the percentage of pilots that are women. According to the most recent data released by the Federal Aviation Administration, women make up only 6.2 percent of active pilots nationally (including student pilots and all pilot classifications).
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Closer to Topeka, the FAA estimates that the percentage of active female pilots in the region that includes Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri is 8 percent. That is higher, somewhat, than the national average—but hardly parity. Does this mean there are significant barriers to women as pilots or that being a pilot is not a popular choice among women nationally?
“Most women don’t learn to fly until their 50s and 60s. It’s only when the kids leave home that they can learn,” says Lakhani. “And a lot of times they have to ask their husbands for money and time—it’s a question of resources.”
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Topeka pilot Priti Lakhani says she is discouraged by the low percentage of fellow female pilots and thinks there are several reasons for their small numbers.
But for Lakhani, learning to fly was a choice that she would urge for any woman interested in flying. “It has increased my productivity and satisfaction in all aspects of my life,” says Lakhani.
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