[Alyssa Carson 18 y/o pilot]

Why We Need More Female Pilots

Inspired by my first flight & Captain Marvel.

It’s currently 2:00 a.m. on March 8th, 2019.

I just got home from the movie theatre where I watched Marvel’s newest blockbuster:

Captain Marvel

The movie follows the story of female pilot Carol Danvers a.k.a Captain Marvel (or Mar-vel, which you’ll get if you watch the movie).

The movie was so empowering and inspired me to want to continue to pursue a flight career and be a strong female leader.

This is Maria, Captain Marvel’s best friend and fellow female pilot. Her call sign is Photon. I didn’t know being a female pilot could get any more badass… it just did. Wait it gets better. Carol Danvers call sign is “Avenger.” To all my fellow Marvel fans, you have permission to freak out now!

There’s lots of movies and stories about strong female characters and female pilots, but this one was different.

More powerful and more impactful than any other female-led movie I’ve seen… so far.

Why?

For starters, this was the first ever female-led Marvel movie.

Yep! You read that right.

Captain Marvel is the first ever female-led Marvel movie.

And there’s been over twenty Marvel movies to date.