Brownies from Bedfordshire are the first-ever Girlguiding group to hold their meeting on a plane.
easyJet, the UK based budget carrier, and Girlguiding, the leading charity for girls and young women in the UK, have celebrated hosting the first-ever Brownie meeting on a plane.
3rd Potton Brownies, from Bedfordshire, joined an all-female team of 14 easyJet pilots at the airline’s headquarters at London Luton Airport. The 22 girls, aged 7-10, were treated to a tour of an Airbus A320neo aircraft, followed the pilots as they demonstrated their pre-flight checks of the plane and even got a view from the pilot’s seat, at the controls in the flight deck. The girls then quizzed the pilots on what life is really like as a Captain and First Officer.
easyJet and Girlguiding first partnered in 2018 to engage girls in aviation and to encourage more girls to consider a career as a pilot
An all-female team of easyJet pilots showed the Brownies what life is like in the flight deck
easyJet sponsors the Aviation badge for Brownies. Over 18,000 girls have already completed the badge or are working towards it.