Bahamasair announced May 22, 2012, that in February, three female pilots were promoted to Dash 8 aircraft captains, a first in the airline’s history.
Pictured at Bahamasair’s hangar at the Lynden Pindling International Airport from left: Captain Gwendolyn Ritchie, Captain Gail Saunders and Captain Frances Smith. (BIS Photo / Letisha Henderson)
Pictured sitting in the cockpit of a Dash 8 aircraft at the Lynden Pindling International Airport from left: Captain Frances Smith, Captain Gwendolyn Ritchie and Captain Gail Saunders. (BIS Photo / Letisha Henderson)
Pictured from left: Henry Woods, Managing Director, Bahamasair; Captain Frances Smith, Captain Gwendolyn Ritchie, Captain Gail Saunders, and Captain Paulo Cartwright, Director Flight Operations, Bahamasair. (BIS Photo / Letisha Henderson)