Current Events > woman becomes youngest female commander to fly a Boeing 777 plane.

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At a young age of 30, Captain Divya has become world's youngest woman commanders to fly a Boeing 777 airplane ever. Born in Pathankot, Divya shifted to Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, when she was a kid.

Her father is a retired Army official. Talking to ANI, Captain Divya said she is elated and gives all the credit to her parents. "I am thankful to my parents and teachers for what I am today," she said. She further said that no journey is complete without obstacles and she had her share of ups and downs along the way.

"I had issues like financial problems, language barrier and cultural differences that I overcame with the support of my family and friends," she said talking to ANI. She further said that she belonged to a middle class family and the fee for pilot courses were very high that time. "My parents really believed in my goal and let me fly. There were no jobs at the time, so it's not like the money my parents were putting in was something that I could earn later," she said. Besides these obstacles, she said, a lot of people discouraged her. "Nobody was doing any pilot course in Vijayawada that time. So I was not encouraged to do it by a lot of people around me. But I just wanted to fly," she said. She added that one of her biggest obstacles was speaking in English language. She said that as in Vijayawada nobody spoke in English, she was not very good at it.

Talking to ANI, she said, "I was not good with the English language. Although we did read and write in English, we mostly spoke in Telugu." She said coming to the flying academy helped her overcome that obstacle. "I had some issues with pronunciation which I had to overcome. I learnt through my experiences. I used to feel bad about it a lot of times, but the point is to learn," she added. Talking about the airline culture, she said that it is very good and they have a set of management rules that helps them in a range of issues. "My airline is very professional and I love working there," she said.

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She has been an adult less than half her life and she is already the captain of a 777
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Boeing planes practically fly themselves these days

Looks like she has a couple of jumbo jets on her chest! :o
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It's kunda sexist that this warrants an article. Like women somehow aren't capable of flying a big plane... or so we thought!
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I'd let her grab my flight stick any day ;) She is one spicy senorita!
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She's hot
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More like Boeioeioeioeioeioeioeioeing!
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Looks like she has mastered the cockpit.
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I bet when she doesn't get dicked she flies into turbulence for the thrill. "Ughhh ladies and gentlemen, it's going to get bummmpppy....ahhh yeah"
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I'd go down on her V1.
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this is gonna become a movie someday..

danny boyle for director plz
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Captain_Qwark posted...

Must be cold in that room

Oh.
Ohhhh wow.
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Looks like she is packing some nose cones.
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DevsBro posted...

It's kunda sexist that this warrants an article. Like women somehow aren't capable of flying a big plane... or so we thought!

What a stupid post
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L0Z posted...

Boeing planes practically fly themselves these days

Says man who has never flown a plane
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L0Z posted...

Boeing planes practically fly themselves these days

Says man who has never flown a plane
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Come on CE, show some respect. Imagine if this was your daughter, wouldn't you be proud?
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