Remembering The First all Female Black Flight Crew And A Woman Who Inspired Them All

While this historic flight happened by luck, on August 22, 2022 American Airlines assembled an entire all-female, all Black crew to fly in celebration of the 100 Anniversary of America’s ‘First Lady of Flight,’ Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to obtain a plot’s license and the first American to earn an international pilot’s license. Dallas Flight #372 to Phoenix was not only the first all-Black female flight crew in the carrier’s 96-year history, the airline pulled personnel from across the country to assemble a 36-member all Black women crew which included the pilots, cargo team flight attendants and maintenance technicians.