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Is there room for women pilots in the Middle East?[/h]
(CNN) -- The Gulf's three major airlines have spent the week topping up their fleets with
record-breaking plane orders. In doing so, they begged the question: who's going to fly all those new planes?
"We estimate that we'll need around 6,000 pilots by 2020, depending on new delivery timings and old aircraft retirement," says Nabil Al Boom, a captain and deputy national cadet pilot manager for
Emirates Airlines.
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With so many positions up for grabs, some believe the time is ripe for women to enter the coughpit. Though the region can sometimes take a traditionalist stance on women in the workplace, some female pilots have already started paving the way.