Muteb, who has a degree in dentistry and public health without background in aviation, said her love for flying and aviation arose when her sister graduated from the flight school.
"But there were no jobs for her in this field in Saudi at the time. I continued studying health as there were no aviation tracks or courses offered at universities in Saudi yet. But that all changed last September on hearing Flynas' announcement of introducing more jobs in aviation for women," she said.
Her first experience of flying as a stewardess was on the Flynas Airbus A320. She recalled the first flight as "an opening eye experience on dealing with different personalities".
There does not seem to be much dispute about the abilities of Saudi women to play valuable roles in aviation. According to Flynas, some 300 women and men are expected to attend its flight attendants' program over the next two years, and the airline expects to begin employing Saudi female co-pilots in the near future.
In January 2018, Eqbal Darandari, an assistant professor of psychology at King Saud University in Riyadh and one of the first female members of the Shura Council, the consultative assembly of Saudi Arabia, called for the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and Saudi airline companies to support employing Saudi women as pilots, co-pilots and flight attendants.
Empowering Saudi women in business and integrating them into a predominantly male job market is a substantial part of fulfilling the country's Vision 2030, which also intends to increase women's participation in the workforce from 22 percent to 30 percent by the end of the next decade.
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