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Yutaro Iwasaki, a publicist for JAL, told CNN Travel that “we have been promoting diversity in the community since 2014, and this is one of our actions to treat everyone (equally) regardless of gender.”
Prior to this, the Tokyo-based airline’s most recent move for gender parity was in March 2020, when it announced that it would give flight attendants the option of wearing trousers instead of skirts to be more comfortable on board.
Ari Fuji obtained her pilot license in the United States and later returned to her native country when she was accepted into the JAL pilot training program. She was hired in 2019, breaking a tremendous glass ceiling.
However, the under-representation of female pilots is not an exclusively Japanese problem. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a specialized agency of the UN, estimates that around 5% of all pilots worldwide are women.
Gender inclusive language is becoming a priority for more airlines around the world. JAL is the first Asian airline to adopt this practice.
