ISA FIRSTS by Country

First Female Airline Pilots Hired

This is an incomplete list. If you have additions, deletions, or changes,
please email the "FIRSTS" Director for documentation


COUNTRY

PILOT

DOH

Australia

Deborah Lawrie

05Nov79

Bahamas

Patrice Clark

01Oct 84

Bangladesh

S.K.F. Rohksan

Mar80

Belgium

Vladimira Vitek

??71

Brazil

Arlete Zwoloski

??86

Bulgaria

Maria Atanasova

??53

Canada

Rosella Bjornson

16Apr73

Costa Rica

Helena De Andreis

Nov92

Cyprus

Natasa Papadopoulou

19Nov90

Finland

Kirsi Arve-Inkinen

16Feb84

France

Danièle Décuré

07Apr75

Great Britain

Ann Lloyd Bostock

??76

Greece

Sofianna Karamali

Aug82

Hungary

Ildiko Czigany

??98

Iceland

Sigridur Einarsdottiv

03Dec84

India

Prem Mathur

13Jun51

Ireland

Grainne Cronin

10Oct77

Italy

Fiorenza de Bernardi

01Jan67

Jamaica

Maria Ziadie Haddad

05Mar79

Japan

Tomoko Otake

23Sep97

Jordan

Taghrid Akasheh

01Sep75

Korea

Shin Su-jin

??97

Malta

Maria Theresa Desira

09Feb87

Mexico

Conchita Bernard

10Mar75

Netherlands

Marlies Verkaik

01Apr78

New Zealand

Susan Truman/Jan Peterson

20Jan80

Nigeria

Hadiza Oboh

24Aug84

Peru

Mariyol Alcazar Zamora

 

Philippines

Maria Aurora Carandong

 

Poland

Adela Szarzec-Tragarz

16Nov81

Scandinavia

Turi Wedmore

??69

Switzerland

Susan Schmid

01Apr86

United States

Emily Howell Warner

29Jan73

Venezuela

Juanita Martinez

01Jun79

West Germany

Renate Moore Natson

09Feb88


These statistics have been compiled by ISA+21 and are correct to the best
of our knowledge. ISA+21 accepts no responsibility for data that may be in error.

Updated 03/12/03