FARNBOROUGH, UK,
July 18,
2022 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE)
– CAE announced today at the Farnborough International
Airshow 2022 that it is relaunching its Women in Flight scholarship
program and expanding its reach with airline partners to create a
movement that encourages young women to pursue a career as a
commercial pilot.
As a global partner, easyJet has once again pledged its support
for Women in Flight as the first airline to sign on for the 2022
program. easyJet will provide one European candidate access to
their first employment opportunity and CAE will fund pilot training
for the successful candidate.
"The Women in Flight program demonstrates to young women that
being a pilot is achievable and a wonderful profession," said
Nick Leontidis, CAE's Group
President, Civil Aviation. "Six women have already benefitted from
the Women in Flight program since it was inaugurated in 2018, and
with easyJet's continued support, the dreams of aspiring female
pilots are one step closer to becoming reality."
"easyJet has long championed greater diversity across our
business and the industry and we will continue to focus on
challenging gendered stereotypes. Having doubled the number of
female pilots flying with us in recent years, we are proud to have
made progress, but we know there is still work to do. That's why we
are delighted to be part of CAE's Women in Flight Scholarship once
again," said easyJet's Chief Operating Officer David Morgan.
"We're pleased to see our first Women in Flight recipient,
Georgina Thomas-Watson, currently
completing her line training with us and look forward to another
future easyJet pilot follow in her footsteps in 2022."
Currently, women make up only five percent of professional
pilots and cadets in training worldwide. CAE is committed to the
advancement of women in aviation to broaden the civil aviation
talent pool. With the current pilot shortage and 260,000 new pilots
needed over the next 10 years, the industry must take concrete
action to attract more women to aviation.
To generate real change, the Women in Flight program will build
a network of ambassadors, including Women in Flight recipients to
share their stories and experiences with other women at events,
within their communities, and on social media. The program will
also create and share content about being a pilot that will allow
the community to grow and reach girls who will one day fly
aircraft.
ABOUT CAE'S WOMEN IN FLIGHT
PROGRAM
CAE's Women in Flight scholarship program is a competitive
program that is helping create a movement to encourage young girls
and women to dream big and have no limits. With only five percent
of female pilots worldwide, this program is geared to show women
that they too can reach for the sky. The program helps recipients
dream big as they receive a scholarship to the CAE cadet training
program.
Since 2018, six women around the world have benefitted from the
program. Eligible female candidates who meet the requirements of
the Destination 225° program can submit their CAE Women in Flight
scholarship application via CAE's website at
cae.com/womeninflight.
ABOUT EASYJET
easyJet is Europe's leading
airline offering a unique and winning combination of the best route
network connecting Europe's
primary airports, with great value fares and friendly service.
Innovation is in easyJet's DNA – since launching over 25 years ago,
easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the
airline leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and
operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for
its passengers.
The airline takes sustainability seriously and is committed to
reaching net-zero carbon emissions flying by 2050. Together with
its partners, including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, Cranfield Aerospace
Solutions and Wright Electric, easyJet is working to accelerate the
development of zero carbon emission aircraft technology. In the
meantime, the airline is offsetting the carbon emissions from the
fuel used for all its flights, at no additional cost to its
customers, and only supports projects that are certified by Gold
Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard, internationally
recognised certification schemes. In addition, easyJet continues to
renew its fleet, operate efficiently, and aims to fill most of its
seats. Since 2000, over a 20-year period, the airline reduced its
carbon emissions per passenger, per kilometre by over one-third,
and aims to bring this down further.
About CAE
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and
solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we
digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and
critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower
pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare
practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the
stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we're everywhere
customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more
than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE
represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight
and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized
training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We're
investing our time and resources into building the next generation
of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical
operations solutions while keeping positive environmental,
social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission.
Today and tomorrow, we'll make sure our customers are ready for the
moments that matter.
Follow us on Twitter: @CAE_Inc
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cae.inc
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/cae
Hashtags: #CAE; #CAEpilot
Read our FY22 Annual activity and corporate social
responsibility report.
View original
content:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inspiring-women-to-fly-cae-launches-2022-women-in-flight-program-with-easyjet-301588283.html
SOURCE CAE INC.