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33-year-old French becomes first female captain for Abu Dhabi flight company
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Sophie Blanchard, namesake was the first professional female balloon pilot, has become the first female captain, or pilot in command, for Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways. Blanchard was hired by Etihad as its first female pilot three years ago and last week took off from Abu Dhabi to London on her first flight as pilot in command, sitting in the left-hand seat of an Airbus A330-200. "I am very happy. It still is a pretty macho environment, but my colleagues here encouraged me a lot, and the flight attendants are very proud," middle-east-online.com quotes the 33-year-old mother of two, a French citizen, as saying.
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