Adva Amir

So I went back. It took me some months to understand. I was hoping maybe one, two months, three months, I'll be back. And then after time passes, I understood that I need to do something. So I started to do marketing for small businesses. I opened my business. I was starting doing that. And I was doing that for a whole year till they call us back.

So I went back. It took me some months to understand. I was hoping maybe one, two months, three months, I'll be back. And then after time passes, I understood that I need to do something. So I started to do marketing for small businesses. I opened my business. I was starting doing that. And I was doing that for a whole year till they call us back.

That's amazing. Yeah, I had to. And I didn't want to just sit at home because then you don't know, there are a lot of thoughts and I wanted to do something. And I found the one thing everybody needed at the time, everyone were moving to online platforms. And I had this experience from before. So it really helped me to help other people to find their audience online now.

That's amazing. Yeah, I had to. And I didn't want to just sit at home because then you don't know, there are a lot of thoughts and I wanted to do something. And I found the one thing everybody needed at the time, everyone were moving to online platforms. And I had this experience from before. So it really helped me to help other people to find their audience online now.

So after about one year, I went back. They call us back. I was so happy to go back and fly. I had to finish training too, but we had to start everything from zero again. So I finished training. I become a first officer. So when you're just starting at an airline, you become a first officer.

So after about one year, I went back. They call us back. I was so happy to go back and fly. I had to finish training too, but we had to start everything from zero again. So I finished training. I become a first officer. So when you're just starting at an airline, you become a first officer.

And then after you get enough hours, normally it's a thousand, but it depends between company and company, you become a captain. So I was working at a first officer for about two years, and then I got upgraded to a captain.

And then after you get enough hours, normally it's a thousand, but it depends between company and company, you become a captain. So I was working at a first officer for about two years, and then I got upgraded to a captain.

It's very, very, very low. Very low. I think less than 2% actually become captain. And, you know, during my time in the airline, I only got to fly with two other women in the cockpit. So you can understand the statistic is not really for us. Right.

It's very, very, very low. Very low. I think less than 2% actually become captain. And, you know, during my time in the airline, I only got to fly with two other women in the cockpit. So you can understand the statistic is not really for us. Right.

All the gossips that went in the cockpit this day. No, I'm joking.

All the gossips that went in the cockpit this day. No, I'm joking.

And I got a lot of remarks also as a first officer. I think they just were extended when I became a captain. But the flight attendant thing used to happen a lot. I would come to the gate, to the gate agent. And sometimes when we commute back and forth from work, If the flight is full, we have the benefits of taking the jump seat, which is the seat in the cockpit.

And I got a lot of remarks also as a first officer. I think they just were extended when I became a captain. But the flight attendant thing used to happen a lot. I would come to the gate, to the gate agent. And sometimes when we commute back and forth from work, If the flight is full, we have the benefits of taking the jump seat, which is the seat in the cockpit.

And I would go and I would ask for the jump seat and they would tell me, oh, you can't. And I'm like, why I can't? And they say, because it's only for pilots. I was like, but I'm a pilot. So this would happen so many times just based on my look and the assumption that I must be the flight attendant. And it happened so many times, like really, I cannot even tell you.

And I would go and I would ask for the jump seat and they would tell me, oh, you can't. And I'm like, why I can't? And they say, because it's only for pilots. I was like, but I'm a pilot. So this would happen so many times just based on my look and the assumption that I must be the flight attendant. And it happened so many times, like really, I cannot even tell you.

But I take it in a humor way and it's not like insulting me or hurting me because I know it's a awareness kind of thing because there's so little women in aviation.

But I take it in a humor way and it's not like insulting me or hurting me because I know it's a awareness kind of thing because there's so little women in aviation.

This was after we got back from COVID. After my first flight at the airline, I decided to write a post. It was about my journey. And as we talked about all the negative comments, it was important for me to show to people that it doesn't matter what people say. They can tell you everything, but eventually you are the only one who knows what you are capable of.

This was after we got back from COVID. After my first flight at the airline, I decided to write a post. It was about my journey. And as we talked about all the negative comments, it was important for me to show to people that it doesn't matter what people say. They can tell you everything, but eventually you are the only one who knows what you are capable of.