India Is A Surprising Leader In The World When It Comes To Gender Equality In This Sector
India Is A Surprising Leader In The World When It Comes To Gender Equality In This Sector India is one of the youngest countries in the world, with a significant segment of its 1.2 billion populations in the age group of 20-35. As the economy of the world is growing, it is bringing more jobs in the exciting new sectors and Indian women are being a part of this boom. Yes! Looking at this, there is one sector where Indian women are ruling and have set the record in the world. We are sure that you would never be able to guess the sector. We break the ice for you! It’s the AVIATION SECTOR! True! Surprising right? Just over 5% of airline pilots worldwide are female, which means that for every twenty flights you take; just one of them will be piloted by a woman. To say this is embarrassing would be an understatement: it’s downright wrong. And India is the only country in the world that the figure soars to 13%. India is a surprising leader in the world when it comes to gender equality in this sector. Also Read: WEF 2018: Trudeau bats for gender equality, says sexual harassment unacceptable Air travel in India has been growing at a torrid pace lately. In the first six months of this year, domestic air capacity in India grew 22%. It makes it the fastest-growing aviation market in the world. To meet such blistering local demand, Indian carriers like SpiceJet and IndiGo are hiring pilots at exceptional rates and most of them are women. Both the flights have nearly 12-13% female pilot staff. SpiceJet plans to have one-third pilot staff within three years. Flying clubs around the world are seeing more female students than ever before; the FAA says more than 12% of flying students are now female, and in India, that figure is doubled. -PTC NEWS
