Jerusalem – On Wednesday it was announced that the tenacity of a married mother of three from Jerusalem finally paid off, with her becoming the first Haredi woman ever to be accepted into El Al’s pilot training program.
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ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.com (http://bit.ly/1U0gNwb) reports that Nehama (full name not disclosed) will begin the training program this coming November.
Nehama—a Beit Yaakov school graduate who lives in the Haredi neighborhoods of Jerusalem along with her husband and three children—is a licensed American pilot who began flying the U.S. at age 20.
Having completed all other minimum requirements for entry into El Al’s pilot training, Nehama persevered in finally accumulating the rigorous number of flying hours required by returning to the U.S. annually.
“My dream has always been to be an active pilot,” Nehama said.
I’m picturing this scene: Frum woman at elal check in counter is treated very rudely and condescending and then informs the lower level clerks that she’s the pilot. Reminds me of a Eged bus, after looking at my white shirt and dark pants, screaming at me for claiming student fare until I whipped out my bonfied USA University picture ID. The different groups in Israel need to break down the stereotyping as a first step toward all getting along better and respecting each other’s roles and contributions.
It can be a YICHID problem in the cockpit
NOTE TO ALL: It’s Elul. No silly comments that might lead to lashon horah or onas dvarim.
Good for her
Its definitely a yichud problem with the co-pilot, as for sure when she’s flying in the clouds with the cockpit locked and her husband is not in town. Now, those that wish to attack me for my statement here please direct your attack to Hashem, the One that made the rules. Anyway, I sure hope I don’t ever fly on El-Al with her in the cockpit; truthfully I don’t trust women drivers.
Not if you know the laws of Yichud. There is no problem.
Probably not Chareidi, just standard (American) Orthodox.
Probably not a Yichud problem in a crowded plane. Just as a locked car door is not Yichud in Times Square.
This woman is no more chareidi, than the women who completed Ranger training.
But it’s P.R. and spin. The Frum (Chareidi) pat themselves on the back and can claim gender equality and how they contribute to Israeli society. When in fact she’s a standard Orthodox woman.
El Al, similarly can claim diversity in their hiring practices and claim they employ Chareidim -women no less.
Spin spin spin
…don’t go to Times square…
Even if there is no yichud problem in the cockpit. As one who has experience with the IDF (EL AL pilots are its graduates) I would advise the husband to check which hotel she lodging in the landing city and with whom. If he is “Chareidi” like his wife, He could easily find another woman to keep him company, while his wife is away as there are so many of them in Israel.