国际英语资讯:Feature: Saudi womens career ambitions in civil aviation take wing amid progressive reform
<p><span word="RIYADH">RIYADH</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 11-- <span word="It">It</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Saudis">Saudis</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="cashiers">cashiers</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="supermarkets">supermarkets</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2010, <span word="nor">nor</span> <span word="saleswomen">saleswomen</span> <span word="explaining">explaining</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="differences">differences</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="electronics">electronics</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="couple">couple</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span>.</p><p><span word="Then">Then</span> <span word="came">came</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wheel">wheel</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2018. <span word="Next">Next</span> <span word="up">up</span>: <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="altitude">altitude</span> <span word="of">of</span> 30,000 <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="cabin">cabin</span> <span word="crew">crew</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ensure">ensure</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="airline">airline</span> <span word="passengers">passengers</span>.</p><p><span word="Flynas">Flynas</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Flyadeal">Flyadeal</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="low">low</span>-<span word="fare">fare</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="shattered">shattered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="blue">blue</span> <span word="ceiling">ceiling</span>, <span word="graduating">graduating</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="class">class</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendants">attendants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="flights">flights</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="empower">empower</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workplace">workplace</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="society">society</span> <span word="that">that</span>, <span word="until">until</span> <span word="recently">recently</span>, <span word="curtailed">curtailed</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="moves">moves</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="equal">equal</span> <span word="footing">footing</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="men">men</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="aviation">aviation</span> <span word="earmarked">earmarked</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="component">component</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="diversification">diversification</span>, <span word="privatization">privatization</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="increased">increased</span> <span word="employment">employment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span>, <span word="Flynas">Flynas</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pursue">pursue</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="goals">goals</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="establishment">establishment</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="its">its</span> "<span word="Future">Future</span> <span word="Pilots">Pilots</span>" <span word="and">and</span> "<span word="Flight">Flight</span> <span word="Attendants">Attendants</span>" <span word="programs">programs</span>, <span word="both">both</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="proactively">proactively</span> <span word="encourage">encourage</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="participation">participation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="women">women</span>. <span word="Until">Until</span> <span word="now">now</span>, <span word="passengers">passengers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="airlines">airlines</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="attended">attended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="foreigners">foreigners</span>.</p><p><span word="Flyadeal">Flyadeal</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="posting">posting</span> <span word="jobs">jobs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendants">attendants</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2018, <span word="graduated">graduated</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="cadre">cadre</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendants">attendants</span> <span word="earlier">earlier</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="soon">soon</span> <span word="afterward">afterward</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="competent">competent</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="male">male</span> <span word="counterparts">counterparts</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendants">attendants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="ensuring">ensuring</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="comfort">comfort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="travellers">travellers</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Mashael">Mashael</span> <span word="Muteb">Muteb</span>, <span word="Flynas">Flynas</span>' <span word="first">first</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="Saudi">Saudi</span> <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendant">attendant</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="trained">trained</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dentist">dentist</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="entering">entering</span> <span word="Flynas">Flynas</span>' <span word="flight">flight</span> <span word="attendants">attendants</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p>
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