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Allie was invited to take part in this study which was conducted by the Department of Transport together with Korn Ferry, her case study is on page 72.

There is a further report, Soaring Through The Glass Ceiling, available from https://www.kornferry.com/content/dam/kornferry/docs/pdfs/aviation-glass-ceiling.pdf

Executive Summary

Over the past year, the key stakeholders in the aviation and aerospace industry ("the industry") have undertaken a comprehensive study focused on enhancing the attraction, retention, and advancement of women across all facets of the industry. Specifically, the study covered the major subsectors, including aerospace original equipment manufacturers, airlines, airports, air navigation service providers, and aviation services providers. The objectives of the study were to identify the key inhibitors to the advancement of women in the industry and, even more importantly, to identify, document, and promote the key enablers, in order to overcome those inhibitors. This global study tells a clear story of an industry that has made important progress in improving the diversity of its workforce and yet still has a long way to go. To continue to drive advancements in gender diversity and inclusion (D&I), the industry must engage a wide range of stakeholders to address the structural and behavioral impediments that hold underrepresented talent back and make it more difficult for women to advance to leadership positions. In other words, the aviation and aerospace industry needs to tap into the power of all to make true progress. There are pockets of success. For example, female CEOs represent 19% of the total number of aerospace and defense CEOs in the United States, well ahead of the proportion of female CEOs across all industries in the country (5%).1 But the stark fact is that only 3% of global airline CEOs are women.2 Moreover, the pipeline of female leaders in the industry is also thin, suggesting that the number of female CEOs may not significantly or readily increase in the near term. To assist the industry in identifying potential solutions to these issues, seven key industry stakeholders partnered on the first truly global, multi-stakeholder study on gender diversity in the aviation and aerospace industry. The study identified some important hurdles relative to the state of women in leadership across the industry: Only 50% of the survey participants mentioned that the representation of women in leadership roles had increased in their organizations over the past two to five years. Almost half of the women see a lack of opportunity for advancement within their organizations and believe that their voices are not heard.

We are able to give talks about ballooning and our international and filming experiences, for instance we recently gave a talk to the Clifton WI. A few comments:

Thank you so much for giving us such an entralling presentation/talk yesterday evening. I looked round the hall and everyone was rivetted to their seats. You gave so much of your time and so enthusiastically. I am sure you will have inspired one or two members to follow your lead and take up ballooning.
Again, many thanks Allie for giving up your time so generously. One of our best talks.