“If you can see it, you can be it.” This quote is often used by diversity advocates to explain why representation in industry is so important. Because, candidly, it’s true.
Take, for example, the experience of air traffic control Operations Supervisor Kirsten Ritchie. Having the chance at age 17 to shadow a female controller on the job played a pivotal role in Ritchie’s decision to pursue a career at the US Federal Aviation Administration.
“I don’ know if I would have gotten into the industry if I had not job shadowed a female,” she tells Runway Girl Network.
Only 16-17% of the US ATC workforce are women, and three quarters of all controllers are Caucasian. Little wonder, then, why the FAA wants to enhance diversity.
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OneWeb is “fully on track” to complete the launch of its 648-strong global constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites by the middle of next year, and aims to introduce its inflight connectivity service in the first half of 2023.
In an interview with Runway Girl Network, OneWeb VP mobility services Ben Griffin said the London-headquartered satellite operator has seen a “huge amount of interest” from airlines, and is currently “working with and talking to a good number” of carriers.
“Rather than coming too early and giving too many loose messages, we’ve been waiting and biding our time to make sure we’ve got very acute messages of how to buy, what to buy and where to buy it from,” says Griffin. “Later on this year, we’ll really ramp up that activity with our potential airline customers, and with our distribution partners as well.”