Salma Al Beloushi The First UAE Lady Pilot
Abu Dhabi: June 18, 2011
Salma Al Beloushi, aged 24, has become the first UAE lady pilot to fly Air Bus A320 Abu Dhabi-Athens flight as Co-Pilot or first officer for the Etihad Airlines, a news report said.
Salma said that flying attracted her from the time she started growing and she always dreamt to become a pilot. She joined Etihad Airline in 2007 as a cadet for flying courses in the Horizon International Flight Academy in Al-Ain and was certified as pilot in 2009.
She harnessed her maiden flight as a co-pilot in an A320 Air Bus flight from Abu Dhabi to Athens on June 9. Her first flight during the training was a trip to London which she said was scary.
Salma Al Beloushi has set example for other UAE girls to take the flying profession shunning all inhibition.
