Stories about Flying
Stories about Flying
Rob Mark
Being a Co-Pilot in the Early Days of the Airlines
12 minutes Posted Jan 3, 2026 at 8:58 pm.
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In the early days of the airlines, there were no Captains or First Officers ... only First Pilots and Co-Pilots. This episode describes an early memo from American Airways about how new male pilots were expected to behave on the line. There were, of course, no female pilots, nor any pilots of color.