Chresten Wilson will become United Airlines’ first female most senior pilot in May after a 41-year career with the airline Wilson, who has been a captain for 33 years, says her childhood dream of ...

Kimberly Duffy claims her male counterparts “engaged in similar or more serious conduct” than her cited reason for removal, but the men were never terminated ...

In 1972, trailblazing British pilot Yvonne Pope Sintes took off for Glasgow with Dan Air as the UK’s first female commercial airline captain. Over 54 years later, carriers are campaigning for women to ...

United Airlines is about to make aviation history. As the carrier celebrates its 100th anniversary, veteran Boeing 787 captain Chresten Wilson is set to become the most senior pilot among United’s ...

Captain Janet Patton was once a Spirit employee - a bright-eyed pilot at the start of her career, flying her very first passenger jet in 1996. She was a part of a tight-knit group of women in a ...

DENVER — For decades, commercial airline cockpits have been dominated by men. But that’s slowly changing, and in Colorado, a teacher and her student are helping lead the shift. According to the ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A local pilot is working to change the face of aviation by mentoring the next generation of female pilots and she says the mission is personal. Women have been flying for more than ...

“To hold this honor at United is a privilege and responsibility, and I just want people to see that there's no limit,” Captain Chresten Wilson tells PEOPLE of her historic achievement Chresten Wilson ...

United Airlines’ Captain Chresten Wilson dreamt of becoming an airline pilot ever since she was a kid — and now her dream is making aviation history. Wilson will officially be the first woman to hold ...