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In her talk, Rola Hoteit teaches women how to overcome the gender-based stereotypes set by our society.
Rola Hoteit is the first female pilot at Middle East Airlines.
Hoteit’s story began with a challenge from one of her colleagues at the American University of Beirut, where she was completing her BS in Mathematics, when her colleague carried a newspaper that has an advertisement about recruiting new pilots, including females at MEA, mocking that “women cannot drive a car, how will they be able to fly a plane?” Her colleague’s words pushed her to apply to MEA, to be the only female from the 9 accepted applicants out of almost 2000. Hoteit later traveled to Scotland to continue her studies and have her trainings in Scotland’s Aviation School. In 1995, she had her first trip to Brussels as a co-pilot, and later in 2010 she helmed her first trip as a pilot to the Jordanian capital Amman, where the Former Prime Minister Tammam Salam was one of the passengers on this trip. She’s also the regional vice president of the International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx