Women
in Aviation, International is a professional, nonprofit organization
dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all
aviation career fields and interests.
The first Annual International Women in Aviation Conference
was held in 1990. Following a number of successful conferences,
Women in Aviation, International (WAI) was established in 1994
as a professional, nonprofit organization. Today, WAI has more
than 7,000 members worldwide and partnerships with organizations
such as NASA, the FAA, and others.
During the past two decades the number of women involved in
the aviation industry has steadily increased and women can be
found in nearly every aviation occupation today. However, the
numbers are small by comparison. Women pilots, for example,
represent only six percent of the total pilot population and
only slightly more than two percent are Airline Transport Pilot
(ATP) rated. Women account for only 2.13 percent of the more
than 540,000 non-pilot aviation jobs in the United States.
