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“The Group discussed ways in

which IFALPA could establish

a campaign with the goal of

increasing the number of women

who participate in their MAs at

all levels.”

The IFALPA Female Pilots Working Group was held at the Austrian Cockpit
Association headquarters in Vienna 14-15 October 2019. The meeting was
attended by 40 female pilots representing 20 countries from all over the
world.

The meeting was opened by Captain Nina Moers, Working Group Lead,
who welcomed the pilots to this historic meeting and provided an oppor-
tunity for personal introductions.

The attendees were briefed on how the Working Group came into being
and there was a review of the presentation of the Female Pilots Working
Group to the IFALPA Conference 2019 in Berlin. Those in attendance at the
Presentation of the FPWG at Conference in Berlin briefed the group on the
positive reception from the Member Associations and the support that the
IFALPA leadership has given the Working Group.

The WG deliberated on future meeting locations and dates for meetings in
2020. Two meetings were tentatively planned for 2020. The tentative loca-
tions are Ottawa in the spring and Mexico City in the fall.

For the remainder of the two-day meeting, the participants worked on a
Position Paper. The focus was to discuss strategies for Member Associa-
tions (MAs) to encourage female pilots to become involved in both IFALPA
and their individual MAs.