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The Role Of Mentoring In The Careers Of Female Airline Transport Pilots, Paul E. Cline
The Role Of Mentoring In The Careers Of Female Airline Transport Pilots, Paul E. Cline
International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace
Women have been a part of aviation since its inception, yet they have been traditionally underrepresented in the ranks of commercial pilots. This study explored what role mentoring played in the lives and careers of female Airline Transport Pilots (ATP).
It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference in self-reported perceptions of success between female ATP who had been mentored and those who had not. Of the female ATP who had been mentored, those who reported an informal mentoring relationship rated their relationship higher than those who reported a formal mentoring relationship when it came to career oriented …