Celebrating the First All Female, All African-American Flight Crew
February 21, 2020 — On Feb 12, 2009, the first ever all female, all African-American flight crew operated from Atlanta to Nashville on Atlantic Southeast Airlines. Captain Rachelle Jones Kerr, First Officer Stephanie Grant and Flight Attendants Robin Rogers and Diana Galloway made history on the flight that happened by chance.
The original first officer became sick, so First Officer Grant stepped in. Grant told the press what it was like to step in the cockpit and see Captain Kerr. “The fact that it was Rachelle, an African-American female, and we just met in passing a couple weeks prior… It was amazing,” Grant said. Kerr said, “We just looked at each other and grinned, because I think in that moment. we knew.”
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