Airline pilots live in a world defined by seniority. It determines everything: the aircraft you fly, the routes you get, your schedule, and even which holidays you miss with your family. After more than four decades in the cockpit, a new United Airlines pilot has climbed all the way to the very top of that ladder, and for the first time, this pilot is a woman.
Wilson’s journey to the top didn’t happen overnight. She has spent 42 years at United Airlines and has served as a captain for more than three decades, building a career that spans enormous technological changes in aviation.
Today she flies the Boeing 787 out of San Francisco, operating longhaul international routes across the Pacific.
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