{"id":7047,"date":"2021-03-15T23:29:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/?page_id=7047"},"modified":"2021-04-21T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T21:48:13","slug":"kyoko-kimura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/kyoko-kimura\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyoko Kimura"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Airline:<\/strong>\u00a0Delta Air Lines<\/span>
Crew Position:<\/strong> First Officer
<\/span>Aircraft:<\/strong> B757\/767
<\/span>Domicile:<\/strong> Seattle, Washington<\/span><\/p>

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What is the year and location of the flight school you attended?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko:
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What airplanes have you flown during your career?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko:
<\/span>EMB 145, B737, B757, B767\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Have you had\/have any mentors throughout the years?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko:\u00a0<\/span>Several Flight Attendants who were\/are in flight training. <\/span><\/p>

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How did you get interested in aviation?<\/strong><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0I wanted to become a pilot after college in Japan. However, Japanese airlines were not hiring female for pilot position back then. I moved to the US to attend graduate school majoring in Intercultural Relations. After working in education for a few years, I became a flight attendant for American Airlines. While working as flight attendant, I met several female new hire pilots and started to think I could become a pilot here in US.\u00a0<\/p>

Do you have any future aviation goals you hope to achieve?<\/strong><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0I would like to keep flying international routes, especially to Japan where my family lives. Upgrade to captain at Delta before I retire!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Do you live in base or commute?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0<\/span>I live in Las Vegas and commute to Seattle.<\/span><\/p>

What have been some recent challenges you have faced?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0Going through requalification training twice in 3 years due to injuries. It was my first time without flying for a long period of time in 20 years.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

What would you say to girls looking to become an airline pilot?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0<\/span><\/span>I never thought I could not become a pilot because of my gender. It is not an easy journey to become an airline pilot but it\u2019s very rewarding career. There are a lot of us who are happy to mentor future female aviators because all of us had someone who helped us in our journey to the flight deck.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>

What do you feel is a benefit to being an ISA+21 member?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

Kyoko: \u00a0<\/span><\/span>The support and friendship we share. I got to meet other female pilots from other companies from all over the world through ISA+21 and became friends with them. Otherwise it is very hard to meet other female pilots through work.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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March2021 Kyoko Kimura Airline:\u00a0Delta Air LinesCrew Position: First OfficerAircraft: B757\/767Domicile: Seattle, Washington \u00a0 What is the year and location of the flight school you attended? Kyoko:2000-2001: American Flyers, Islip, NY\u00a0 What airplanes have you flown during your career? Kyoko:EMB 145, B737, B757, B767\u00a0 Have you had\/have any mentors throughout the years? Kyoko:\u00a0Several Flight Attendants who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7057,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isa21.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}