Australia's first female commercial airline pilot was told she'd never get hired because she’s a woman. So she took the airline to the High Court and won.On this week's episode of the Stand Out Life podcast, Deborah Lawrie, author of Touching the Sky and the longest-flying female airline pilot in the world, sits down with me to share her story.You'll hear how she refuses to accept ‘no’ when Ansett Airlines continually rejected her pilot application. Her stubborn, sometimes naive fight became a landmark High Court discrimination case that cracked open commercial aviation for every female pilot who followed. She then went on to work for the very company she’s spent years in court fighting. Deborah's story is one of grit, equality, and backing yourself when no one else will.Tune in to hear about:Why stubbornness beats talent when the odds are stacked against youThe moment at 16 that lights her up and never lets goWhat it really takes to earn a commercial pilot's licenceThe sneaky age trap Ansett used to stall female applicantsThe High Court case that changed Australian aviation foreverThe advice she gives every woman still waiting to be picked for somethingThe wish flight that reminds her why she flies in the first placeTap play and hear how one woman rewrote the rulebook for an entire industry.Key moments:-👉About Deborah LawrieDeborah Lawrie AM was the subject of Australia's first contested equal opportunity anti-discrimination case. After more than a year of fighting Ansett Airlines, she won the landmark High Court battle in 1979, and became the first female airline pilot for a major Australian airline.Her accolades include induction into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2001, the Master Air Pilot award in 2017, and a place in the Australian Aviation Hall of Fame in 2022. In November 2023, Sydney Airport named a flyover in her honour. It sits directly over Sir Reginald Ansett Drive.-👉Get your copy of Deborah Lawrie’s bookhttps://harpercollins.com.au/products/9781460718599_touching-the-sky-the-extraordinary-story-of-an-australian-trailblazer-who-became-the-longest-flying-female-airline-pilot-in-the-world-🟡Subscribe and follow along for more meaningful conversations with extraordinary people about living a boldly, connected, standout life.-👉Here’s how we can stay in touchhttps://pragmaticthinking.com/https://www.instagram.com/alihill/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/fromalihill/