RIYADH, March 11 -- It did not take long for Saudis to get used to female cashiers at local supermarkets in 2010, nor saleswomen explaining the differences of electronics a couple of years later.
Then came women behind the wheel in 2018. Next up: Saudi women will be working at an altitude of 30,000 feet as cabin crew to ensure the safety and comfort of airline passengers.
Flynas and Flyadeal, two Saudi low-fare airlines, have shattered the big blue ceiling, graduating their first class of female Saudi flight attendants and putting them on their first flights earlier this year.
It is another sign of the Saudi drive to empower women in the workplace and in a society that, until recently, curtailed most moves to put women on an equal footing with men in the country.
With aviation earmarked as a main component in the campaign for economic diversification, privatization and increased employment of women, Flynas has taken the initiative to pursue those goals through the establishment of its "Future Pilots" and "Flight Attendants" programs, both of which proactively encourage the participation of women. Until now, passengers on Saudi airlines were attended to by foreigners.
Flyadeal, which had begun posting jobs for Saudi women to work as flight attendants in the second half of 2018, graduated its first cadre of female Saudi flight attendants earlier this year, and started working soon afterward.
"Saudi women are as competent as their male counterparts when it comes to working as flight attendants and ensuring the safety and comfort of travellers," said Mashael Muteb, Flynas' first female Saudi flight attendant who had been trained as a dentist before entering Flynas' flight attendants program.
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