"I love flying," Ziadie-Haddad said. "I love it! It's in my blood. It's
in my nature. My husband is also an airline pilot," she said. "We love it. It started when I was very young and my mom took me for my first flight..." Brian, too, did 21 years with Air Jamaica, 10 years as captain at the
Jamaica Defence Force Air Wing and has been with JetBlue as a captain
for the past seven years.
He admitted that while he was attracted to Ziadie-Haddad as a pilot, it was really her mind that had him hooked.
Ziadie-Haddad's interest in flying started at age five when she took her first familiarization flight.
This passion was further piqued when she started working with Air
Jamaica as a flight attendant in 1974. In March 1975, she took an
introductory flight at Wings Jamaica Ltd and commenced flying lessons,
earning her private pilot certificate that December.
In 1977, she earned her Jamaican commercial certificate, the third woman to
do so in Jamaica. Then in 1978 she worked part time at Rutair and Wings
Jamaica Ltd as an instructor before joining Air Jamaica as a second
officer in 1979.
Come 2012, the proud female pilot will be flying the new Boeing 747-8 freighters. Ziadie-Haddad is a member of the International Society of Women Airline
Pilots, the Ninety-Nines, Women in Aviation International, and the
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
Ziadie-Haddad
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