SmartLynx Airlines advances toward gender balance in personnel
Yearly, the start of March marks the celebration of Ladies of Aviation Worldwide Week, a time to spotlight and honor the numerous achievements of ladies within the aviation business and empower extra girls to pursue careers on this historically male-dominated area. Dedicated to the rules of equal alternative, SmartLynx Airways is sustaining a 40/60 gender steadiness within the firm. With girls at present representing 39% of the corporate’s personnel, there may be nonetheless progress to be made, notably throughout the flight and cabin crew, to work towards an much more balanced illustration. This method is a part of a broader effort to foster gender variety throughout varied male-dominated sectors inside aviation.
In accordance with the latest information from the Worldwide Civil Aviation Group (ICAO), which showcases the gender distribution throughout varied classes throughout the aviation sector, SmartLynx Airways at present stands above the European common of seven.1% in technical roles. Remarkably, girls represent over 1 / 4 (27%) of the airline’s technical division personnel.
Lilija Boltovska, Deputy VP Technical at SmartLynx Airways, highlights the evolving panorama of the aviation business: “Whereas aviation stays a predominantly male atmosphere, we’re witnessing a constant rise in younger girls embarking on careers in aviation engineering. Working within the technical division presents its distinctive set of challenges for ladies, but it’s an immensely rewarding area. Finally, it’s the standard of your skilled contributions and the outcomes you obtain that matter most. I firmly imagine that success in aviation will not be gender-dependent however is the results of onerous work and dedication.”
In 2021, SmartLynx dedicated to growing the variety of girls represented within the firm by taking part in IATA’s #25by2025, which goals to reinforce variety, fairness, and inclusion (DE&I) within the aviation business. Since then, SmartLynx has improved the outcomes and elevated the whole proportion of ladies employed within the firm by 3%, and it expects this quantity to maintain rising. At SmartLynx, there’s a promising and gradual enhance within the variety of feminine pilots, a sector traditionally underrepresented within the aviation business and much more so throughout the ACMI (Plane, Crew, Upkeep, Leasing). In comparison with 2021, quite a few feminine pilots at SmartLynx has elevated nearly thrice, and the quantity is predicted to develop.
Ruzica Vukovic, A320 Captain SmartLynx Airways: “Since early childhood, being a pilot was my solely profession possibility, and now I can’t consider the rest I might moderately do. After I first joined SmartLynx, there have been simply six of us – feminine pilots. Now, there are such a lot of that I’ve misplaced depend. Witnessing the arrival of latest feminine colleagues brings me pleasure and makes me notice how far we’ve are available in aviation. For any girl aspiring to an aviation profession, I can really say that being a pilot affords the liberty to work globally and discover the world but additionally ensures substantial monetary safety. The journey is actually rewarding.”