Emily Howell Warner was a professional pilot who was the first woman hired by a U.S. commercial airline as a permanent pilot, in 1973.Warner was a teenager training to be a flight attendant when her interest in flying was sparked.
She began taking flying lessons, and within a year, she had earned her private pilot license. Warner worked as an airborne traffic reporter and as a flight instructor for years, watching the men she taught get jobs at commercial airlines.
She became determined to do the same, and she began applying for commercial pilot positions in 1968. It was 1973 before Frontier Airlines made the historic decision to hire her.
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