DALLAS — Today, in 1987, British Airways (BA) recruited Lynn Barton as the first female Pilot due to her flying experience, placing her straight into long-haul operations.
Barton’s love for flying began after a flight on a light aircraft when she was just a child. Years later, she would take her first flying lesson at age 16.
According to a March 2020 BALPA report, since this was in the 1960s, Barton had no idea she could do this as a career. When she first qualified for the BA training…
