Local Girls in STEM Go Behind the Scenes at Hawaiian Airlines
Source: Hawaiian Airlines Growing up, did you ever dream of becoming a pilot, a flight attendant or an engineer? Over the weekend, Hawaiian Airlines hosted a group of rising eighth-grade girls from schools across Oʻahu to give them a behind-the-scenes look at unique and exciting career paths right in their hometown. In partnership with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education, 40 local students excelling in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) studies were invited to our Honolulu headquarters to participate in the day’s events. Employee career ambassadors — including pilots, material planners and engineers — shared their stories, answered questions and led the youth through hands-on STEM activities, such as a tour of our maintenance hangar, a wire-splicing exercise with engineering and a trial [...]