Ke hana nei i ka moʻolelo mokulele ʻo Solomon Islands, no ka manawa mua i lawe ʻia e nā hui wahine āpau i ke kauoha ma luna o kahi mokulele ʻo Solomon Airlines e hana ana ma nā lawelawe kūloko o ka mea lawe.
ʻO nā mea hoʻokele ʻelua, ʻo Kāpena Linda Tito Owen lāua ʻo Frist Officer Patricia Avosa i lawe i ka lewa i ka pule i hala ma ke alakaʻi o kahi mokulele Twin Otter e hana ana ma nā papa hana o ka home o ka mea lawe.
Ua ʻōlelo kekahi waha ʻōlelo ʻo Solomon Airlines he manawa hōʻailona ia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka manawa kūpono o ka mea lawe no kāna mau pailaka wahine, ʻo Kāpena Owen a me ka Luna Nui ʻo Avosa ka kūleʻa hui e hōʻike ana i kahi hoʻokō nui loa i ka pōʻaiapili o ka nohona Melanesian maʻamau kane.
Ua hahai ikaika ʻo Kāpena Owen lāua ʻo Avosa i ka wāwae o Kāpena Claudia Walding, ka mea i lilo i wahine hoʻokele wahine mua i alakaʻi i ka mokulele mokulele Airbus A320 i ka makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻia kahi ʻōlelo mai ka Solomon Airlines' Human Resources Department, ua haʻaheo ka mokulele i kāna mau pailaka wahine a pau.
"ʻO kēia hoʻomohala hou he mea koʻikoʻi nui ia a ke hōʻike nei i kahi mea nui hou i ka hana hoʻoikaika kāne kāne a Solomon Airlines," i ʻōlelo ai ka ʻōlelo.
"ʻOiai ʻo nā wahine ka hapa nui o ka poʻe hana i loko o ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻoihana mokulele ka nui o nā kāne," wahi a ka ʻōlelo.
"Akā naʻe, hiki i ka Solomon Airlines ke haʻaheo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hana ana ia i ke kaulike kāne me ka ikaika a me ka hoihoi ma ke ʻano o kāna hoʻolālā hoʻomohala kanaka."
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A Solomon Airlines spokesperson said the event was a benchmark moment for the carrier's equal opportunity development for its female pilots, Captain Owen and First Officer Avosa's joint success representing a major achievement especially in the context of a traditionally male dominated Melanesian environment.
- The two pilots, Captain Linda Tito Owen and Frist Officer Patricia Avosa took to the skies last week at the helm of a Twin Otter aircraft operating on the carrier's busy domestic schedules.
- Captain Owen and First Officer Avosa follow hard on the footsteps of New Zealander Captain Claudia Walding who became the first female pilot to take command of Solomon Airlines' flagship Airbus A320 last year.
