Nivedita Bhasin became the world's youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still remembers her early years when other crews would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn't get nervous at the sight of a woman flying their plane.
Three decades after Bhasin started her career, female pilots are no longer a rarity in India, making the country a success story when it comes to diversity in the airline industry. India has the highest percentage of female pilots in the world, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, with 12.4% of all pilots women, compared with 5.5% in the U.S. the world's largest aviation market and 4.7% in the U.K.
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