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Pilot, mechanic: these middle and high school students are discovering the aeronautics professions in Roissy

2024-02-28T17:24:55.070Z

Highlights: Students from Paul-Éluard college in Garges-lès-Gonesse and the Louise-Michel high school in Bobigny boarded an A350 to learn about aviation. A visit organized by Air France and the Air Emploi association, engaged for several years in an approach aimed at increasing professional diversity in aviation professions. There are only 9% of pilots, even fewer mechanics when they represent 46% of all employees and 66% of the flight crew of the French company.


This Wednesday, students from the Paul-Éluard college in Garges-lès-Gonesse and the Louise-Michel high school in Bobigny boarded an A350 to


Passed by security gates and with safety vests on our backs, we head towards the landing strips of Roissy airport.

This Wednesday, middle school girls from the Paul-Éluard establishment in Garges-lès-Gonesse (Val-d'Oise) and high school girls from Louise-Michel de Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis) were invited to board a A350 plane for a meeting in real life with different professionals in the sector, and thus perhaps create vocations.

A visit organized by Air France and the Air Emploi association, engaged for several years in an approach aimed at increasing professional diversity in aviation professions where women remain a large minority.

There are only 9% of pilots, even fewer mechanics when they represent 46% of all employees and 66% of the flight crew of the French company.

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Source: leparis

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