The First Black Woman To Fly A Boeing 777 For Air Canada On Making History: ‘If You Have A Burning Desire To Do Something, Don’t Bury It’ – Blavity

When the 27-year-old began working for the Canadian airlines, she was the first Black female pilot to join the team. A few months ago recently made history again within the organization as a First Officer on a Boeing 777, and she got to do this alongside her father Orrett Williams, a Boeing 777 Captain at Air Canada who played a role in sparking her interest in aviation, according to Black News.

Williams spent her childhood catching many flights and living overseas in Europe, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and the Middle East according to an Instagram post by Elevate Aviation. She began her flying journey when she was 15 and by the age of 16, the young airwoman earned her first license.

After her father suggested that Williams take an introductory flight when she was still a teen to start the process of becoming a pilot, she took on the challenge in a Cessna. It unexpectedly took a turn for the worse.

“I had traveled commercially and at the airline level as a passenger for…