Published on
Oct 8, 2026
The Inspiring Story of Captain Maria Ziadie-Haddad, the Caribbean’s First Female Commercial Jet Airline Pilot
When Maria Ziadie-Haddad joined Air Jamaica as a flight attendant in the 1970s, becoming one of the airline’s pilots was not an obvious next step. There were no women in its cockpits and, as she began learning to fly, she says she was told plainly that Air …
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