{"id":26962,"date":"2022-09-05T18:33:28","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=26962"},"modified":"2022-09-05T18:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:03:31","slug":"hawaiian-airlines-pilot-makes-history-after-mother-and-daughter-hit-the-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/05\/hawaiian-airlines-pilot-makes-history-after-mother-and-daughter-hit-the-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Airlines pilot makes history after Mother and Daughter hit the Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a groundbreaking day for Hawaiian Airlines, Kamelia and Maria Zarka took control of a B717, the airline’s first mother-daughter pilot team.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Motherly advice is part of growing up, but it’s a little different when mom is sitting in the left-hand seat of a jetliner, and you’re in the right one. Last Friday, that happened on a Hawaiian Airlines<\/a><\/strong> aircraft when a mother and daughter took the controls of a B717 for a day of Pacific flying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Captain Kamelia Zarka and her daughter, First Officer Maria Zarka, shared the flight deck of the Boeing B717 to operate a series of Neighbor Island flights. This was the 1st mother-daughter pairing had flown for Hawaiian Airlines (Hawaiian) in its 93-year history. The pair, looking equally proud of each other and suitably decked out with a lei, greeted passengers at boarding, shared selfies, and encouraged young girls to follow their dreams to the cockpit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Kamelia has been with Hawaiian for three decades, joining the airline as a flight attendant in 1992. She was born and increased in the Kingdom of Tonga and became the 1st Tongan woman to captain a commercial airliner. After joining Hawaiian, she set her mind to earning her pilot’s wings, and after stints at regional carriers, she rejoined Hawaiian in 1999 as a flight engineer on a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. She later moved to the Boeing B767 transpacific fleet as a 1st officer before becoming a B717 Neighbor Island fleet captain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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