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343 pages :

portraits.

Summary: The story of the first woman to become an airline pilot in Australia, giving the background behind the years of controversy, well-documented in the media. An experienced pilot and instructor before her application to the airlines, Deborah Lawrie (Wardley) put in a complaint to the Equal Opportunity Board following the interviews and selection procedures. After appointment by order of the EOB she had ten years of flying before resigning with the other pilots in the strike of 1989. Her story makes interesting and frustrating reading, particularly as we learn of the barriers she has faced since that strike.