aviation successes forward. you send a message that you can do it. a guy like me, come out to california compton, california, making it to this point, you definitely can do it. as a national pilot shortage conditions, fly compton, arnold condtinues, fly compton, arnold son pace to be the first to be the pilot s license, after college she hopes to fly for alaska airlines. i can become part of this community and if it wasn t for them, i honestly wouldn t be where i am today. three, two, one, look long. soaring to new heights. and then oh my gosh. proving the sky. did you feel that landing. that was nice, a nice landing. is her only limit. that was all me. kris van cleave, cbs news, compton, california. alicia arnold, keep going. well that s the cbs weekend news for this sunday. coming up on 60 minutes, how the global impact of russia s invasion is reaching the food supply. i m jericka duncan in new york. from all of us here have a great night, thanks for watc
reporter: being a woman pilot, you put it in your head could you do that. i used to think only men could do t i saw her and thought i can do, this and now here mi. > reporter: currently 93% of u.s. pilots are white, just a little over 5% are female and only about 1% are women of color. good morning, guys. reporter: but not here, arnold and about 40 others ages 8 to 18 spend their saturdays at fly compton, a nonprofit at that city s airport aimed to introducing young people to aviation and teaching those who will boldly go, how to fly. are there students that you see in your class that you expect to see in an airline cockpit one day. yeah, i would say about 40 to 50% of the kids, for sure. alaska airlines pilot ron norman is one of fly compton s founders. the idea came early in the pandemic as a way to pay their