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Adva Amir

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214 total appearances

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

If you have a dream, you can go and do that. There will be challenges, but it's possible.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

If you have a dream, you can go and do that. There will be challenges, but it's possible.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

I wanted to become a military pilot, but it didn't work out for me. It was a big setback. The first time that I actually saw you in person, you heard about my journey and me wanting to be a pilot, and you encouraged me and gave me a lot of blessing motivation with your big smile.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

I wanted to become a military pilot, but it didn't work out for me. It was a big setback. The first time that I actually saw you in person, you heard about my journey and me wanting to be a pilot, and you encouraged me and gave me a lot of blessing motivation with your big smile.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

But there were a lot of people who told me, you're female, you're too young for that, there's no chance you're going to be a pilot if you weren't a pilot in the military. So I finished training, I become a first officer, and then I got upgraded to a captain. If there is something you believe in it or you're passionate about, go and try for it.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

But there were a lot of people who told me, you're female, you're too young for that, there's no chance you're going to be a pilot if you weren't a pilot in the military. So I finished training, I become a first officer, and then I got upgraded to a captain. If there is something you believe in it or you're passionate about, go and try for it.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

Good morning. Good afternoon. I don't know. Where are we?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

Good morning. Good afternoon. I don't know. Where are we?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

My light sparked somewhere around age eight. I was flying for the first time with my family to the US. And then I was a very stubborn kid and very curious kid. And from the jet bridge, I was waving for the pilots and they didn't notice me. And I kept waving, kept waving, kept waving till the captain finally saw me and he invited me to the cockpit.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

My light sparked somewhere around age eight. I was flying for the first time with my family to the US. And then I was a very stubborn kid and very curious kid. And from the jet bridge, I was waving for the pilots and they didn't notice me. And I kept waving, kept waving, kept waving till the captain finally saw me and he invited me to the cockpit.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

So I went there with my brother and all of a sudden this little kid seeing all these buttons and lights, I was just amazed. I was asking the pilot so many questions and I think at some point they were afraid the flight will be delayed because of me. But they were so kind and so patient and they answered all my questions. There is one thing I remember specifically.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

So I went there with my brother and all of a sudden this little kid seeing all these buttons and lights, I was just amazed. I was asking the pilot so many questions and I think at some point they were afraid the flight will be delayed because of me. But they were so kind and so patient and they answered all my questions. There is one thing I remember specifically.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

They told me, welcome to the most beautiful office in the world. And they were right. So this is how it started. Later on, I wanted to become a military pilot. All the air shows and everything, it's really... made my life even bigger, but it didn't work out for me.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

They told me, welcome to the most beautiful office in the world. And they were right. So this is how it started. Later on, I wanted to become a military pilot. All the air shows and everything, it's really... made my life even bigger, but it didn't work out for me.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

It was a big setback. I almost couldn't resist. I appeal and appeal and I really wanted to do it. And I was like, no way, I'm not going to be a pilot in the military. There's no way. But when I'm looking at it from today and I did something completely different in the military, I'm happy. I'm happy that the things worked the way they did.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

It was a big setback. I almost couldn't resist. I appeal and appeal and I really wanted to do it. And I was like, no way, I'm not going to be a pilot in the military. There's no way. But when I'm looking at it from today and I did something completely different in the military, I'm happy. I'm happy that the things worked the way they did.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

At the time, it was really, really hard for 18 years old at VATU. First time, it was like a big failure for me. It's like they don't want me. But I think everything worked out the way it should and made me happy. go and achieve my dream in a different way.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

At the time, it was really, really hard for 18 years old at VATU. First time, it was like a big failure for me. It's like they don't want me. But I think everything worked out the way it should and made me happy. go and achieve my dream in a different way.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

And exactly as you said, as also the thought that they're taking the best of the best and all of a sudden you feel like, oh, so I'm not the best of the best. This was really hard to recover from. And I think it took me a long time. But as I started my position in the military, everything went away. And I said, OK, this is my journey now. I choose this. I enjoy this.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: How Adva Amir Became One of the Few Female Airline Captains | E108

And exactly as you said, as also the thought that they're taking the best of the best and all of a sudden you feel like, oh, so I'm not the best of the best. This was really hard to recover from. And I think it took me a long time. But as I started my position in the military, everything went away. And I said, OK, this is my journey now. I choose this. I enjoy this.

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