May 7, 2019 by Janet Siroto · Connection

A Mother and Her Two Daughters Fly High As Commercial Pilots

Captain Wendy Rexon has not just one, but two daughters who pilot jets with her at Delta Airlines. How cool is that?

Piloting a plane is still a profession dominated by men: Estimates reveal that only about seven percent of commercial pilots are female. Which is why the situation encountered on a recent Delta flight is so unusual.

On a flight from Los Angeles International airport to Atlanta a few weeks ago, passengers learned that there were not one, but two women in the cockpit. And even more surprisingly, they were related. The flight’s captain, Wendy Rexon, was joined by her first-officer daughter, Kelly Rexon.

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