Judy Cameron still remembers getting the telegram that marked her first offer to fly planes for a major commercial carrier.
Pacific Western Airlines had come calling, writing her a “congratulations” and inviting her to sit down with the interview board.
“When I walked into the room, everyone’s face was very distraught,” Cameron recalled.
“It turned out that they had wanted to hire me, but it had been vetoed by someone higher up when they realized I was female.”
Judy Cameron became the first female pilot hired to fly for a major Canadian carrier in 1978. (Submitted by Judy Cameron)
Forty-five years later, Cameron
