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Irene Koki Mutungi Quotes

born 1976

Irene Koki Mutungi (1976) is a professional pilot in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. She was the first female on the African continent to become certified as a Captain of the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" aircraft.

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We have to prove ourselves, women, we can do it maybe even better.

I would definitely encourage more young women to consider careers in the aviation industry.

As a mother of boys, I’m all for empowering women, but let’s not forget the next generation of boys.

Coincidentally, the passenger who declined to fly with me was on my first Fokker 50 flight from a city in Kenya, Kisumu. He said he was not a guinea pig to be flown by a woman.

I think the one thing that stood out for me when it comes to hurdles is having been the first woman and the only woman in the airline

There was also uncertainty of how my male counterparts would accept me with all the stigma surrounding the male-dominated career, as I would have been a first.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Irene Koki Mutungi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.