Airlines Told to Reward Managers Hiring Women as Progress Stalls
- Incentives should include pay or jobs: womens aviation group
- Gender parity inside aviation is progressing at glacial pace
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Airlines should financially reward managers who hire more women, said the International Aviation Womens Association, after industry data showed almost zero progress toward gender parity in the past four years.
Women typically hold just 13% of executive posts at carriers, even fewer than in financial services firms, Bloomberg analysis showed last month. The proportion of female pilots, technicians or chief executive officers wallows at less than 10%, according to a 2022 report by the US government’s Women in Aviation Advisory Board.