Yasmine Al-Maimani, the first ever Saudi woman to pilot domestic flight in Saudi Arabia.
Seeking to empower Saudi woman and involve her in all spheres of life in the last several years, Saudi woman was allowed to drive and enter sports stadium almost from one year ago, four women were assigned to key position in Jeddah's municipality, Tamadur bint Youssef Al-Ramah became the first Saudi female to work as deputy labor minister of Saudi Arabia, Princess Reema Bint Bandar was the first Saudi woman to be appointed as an ambassador to the United States of America.
With an ambition outstrips driving acar, Saudi Pilot Yasmine Al-Maimani smashed all the stereotypes and went out of the common social practicesto become the first ever Saudi woman to work as a co-pilot on a domestic flightinside Saudi Arabia.
It isnoteworthy that Al-Maimani, prior to joining Nesma Airlines, got a privatepilot license in 2010 from Jordan, and then completed 300 hours of training inthe United States to get her commercial pilot license. In 2013, she succeededin replacing her US commercial pilot license with Saudi one to become thesecond Saudi woman after Hanadi Zakaria Al-Hindi to obtain this license from theGeneral Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), which issued pilot licensesto five Saudi women last year, according to multiple reports.
Patiently,Al-Maimani awaited her opportunity and decided to temporarily work in airoperations and security and safety. Despite getting multiple job offers fromother Gulf airlines, she kept awaiting her opportunity with a Saudi one toprove that Saudi woman is competent to work in aviation field. Later, she wasofficially accepted in Nesma Airlines and head her first domestic flightbetween Ha'il and Al-Qassim.
Al-Maimani,in an interview, confirmed that she was able to quickly involve in workenvironment and asked the other Saudi local airline to trust male and femaleSaudis alike, believe in their competence, and grant them the opportunities.
