The mother-daughter pilots were flying a Delta jet from Los Angeles to Atlanta (file photo). Despite being a self-confessed aviation geek, Dr John R. Watret hadn't planned to go to the flight deck on his Delta flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta. But when he heard that the pilots were related, Watret, who is Chancellor of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Campus, asked if he could take a photo. Then the photo of captain Wendy Rexon and first officer Kelly Rexon gained a life of its own. * Female pilots smashed the sky-high glass ceiling, but numbers are in a downward spiralSome comments say the image is "inspiring" and "amazing".

Source: Stuff March 24, 2019 04:52 UTC