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Taking charge: What traditional male roles should women now be leading?
- May 3, 2010 11:20 AM |
- By POV
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael takes command
of the Snowbirds on Thursday. She is the first woman to ever run the
popular aerobatic team in its 40-year history. (Troy Fleece/Canadian
Press)
The first female boss of the renowned Snowbirds aerobatic team walks toward her CT-114 Tutor jet and laughingly glances at the rudder to make sure it hasn't been painted pink.
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael will break a sky-high glass ceiling Thursday by officially taking command of the Snowbirds, becoming the first woman to lead the squadron in its 40-year history.
"It took a little bit of time for women to become pilots [because] it's one of the non-traditional roles," Carmichael said in an interview at the base in Moose Jaw, Sask.
"Then to gain the experience required to be in command of a squadron takes ... many years."
Carmichael is modest when talking about the groundbreaking role. She notes that while it's a first for the Snowbirds, women have already led other squadrons in the Canadian Forces.
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What other traditional male roles should women now be leading? Send us your ideas.
The first female boss of the renowned Snowbirds aerobatic team walks toward her CT-114 Tutor jet and laughingly glances at the rudder to make sure it hasn't been painted pink.
Lt.-Col. Maryse Carmichael will break a sky-high glass ceiling Thursday by officially taking command of the Snowbirds, becoming the first woman to lead the squadron in its 40-year history.
"It took a little bit of time for women to become pilots [because] it's one of the non-traditional roles," Carmichael said in an interview at the base in Moose Jaw, Sask.
"Then to gain the experience required to be in command of a squadron takes ... many years."
Carmichael is modest when talking about the groundbreaking role. She notes that while it's a first for the Snowbirds, women have already led other squadrons in the Canadian Forces.
Read more:
What other traditional male roles should women now be leading? Send us your ideas.
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