Philippine pilot soars above gender barrier
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MANILA — On the ground, Brooke Castillo is a classical pianist, a rock band manager, an elite sportswoman and a teacher, but it is high in the sky where she truly excels.
Castillo is the Philippines’ first female commercial jet captain, and from the cockpit of Cebu Pacific airline’s Airbus A319s and A320s she says she has the best job in the world.
“I think I was destined to be here,” the tall and eloquent 41-year-old told AFP in an interview, explaining that she realized her many other talents would take a back seat immediately after she got into aviation school.
“I just took up the challenge and I realized it was something that I would love to do, and that was it.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110407com6.html
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