Two pilots made history on Alaska Airlines last week. Captain Tara Wright and First Officer Mallory Cave piloted a flight together from San Francisco to Portland on Alaska Airlines on May 13.
While this may not seem like extraordinary news at first glance, Wright and Cave were the first all-African-American flight crew to pilot for the airline.
“You're sharing a pretty interesting piece of Alaska Airlines' history this morning,” Wright said to passengers in her pre-flight announcement. A video was taken on the flight and posted to social media.
Wright was the also first-ever African-American female pilot to fly for US Airways, and she became the first African-American female pilot to be promoted to Captain back in 2017
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