A team from Rise Air participated in the annual "Girls Take Flight" event at the Mitchinson Flight Centre on Saturday, aiming to inspire women and girls to pursue careers in aviation and aerospace.
The free event offered participants the chance to take a flight with a certified female pilot and meet with women established in the industry.
Rise Air's team, including Gail Fox, Jen Makowski, Tanisha Natomagan, Jaden White, Audrey Lin, and Alicia Ard, spent time on board their flagship ATR 42-500 aircraft and in Mitchinson's hangar, speaking with visitors about opportunities and careers in aviation.
"It's important to get more women into aviation," said Jaden White, Operations Coordinator. "It's really important that we have representation, and that young girls can say 'Hey, I have a female pilot today…or I have a fully female flight crew.'"
Jaden, along with nine colleagues from departments across Rise Air and Snowbird Aviation Services, went through a stringent application process to become beneficiaries of Rise Air's new internal "Take Flight" program.
Recipients will receive financial assistance of up to $30,000 each to help them complete their commercial flight training. This financial support comes with the benefit of mentoring from senior colleagues to help them on their journey to becoming a fully-fledged commercial pilot with Rise Air.
