DirtyDawg Posted June 13, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) Here is the news article: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/canadian-woman-cruise-captain-virgin-voyages-trnd/index.html Edited June 13, 2019 by DirtyDawg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted June 13, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 13, 2019 (edited) Very good for her. But while she may be the first Canadian female to be named Captain of a cruise ship, she is not the first female cruise ship Captain - RCCL and Celebrity each have had one for a number of years. Other cruise lines may also have female Captains, but those are two that I am aware of. Edited June 13, 2019 by leaveitallbehind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evandbob Posted June 13, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 13, 2019 I believe Celebrity has just named a 2nd female Captain to join Captain Kate, who will soon transfer to their flagship, The Edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted June 14, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Good on the lines for providing a diverse workplace at all ranks/positions. I wish her good fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted June 14, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 14, 2019 12 hours ago, evandbob said: I believe Celebrity has just named a 2nd female Captain to join Captain Kate, who will soon transfer to their flagship, The Edge. I believe this is the same Wendy Williams who was lured away from Celebrity to Virgin. An interesting fact is that there are as many female cruise ship Captains as there are female airline Captains, percentage wise, around 3% in 2016. There were 9 female cruise ship Captains that year, and 4000 female airline Captains. Also, if you google "female ship Captain" or "first US female ship Captain" you get pages and pages of Captain Kate, while in fact she owes her spot to several predecessors, including the first US woman ocean-going ship Captain, Lynn Korwatch in 1988, or thirty years ago. I fully support women mariners, and have served with a lot, but outside of North America and Europe, I don't see the numbers growing much for cultural reasons, and even in NA and Europe, the unique hardships of the industry don't tend to attract women long term. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted June 14, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Cunard has had one for years also. EM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jocap Posted June 14, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 14, 2019 And P&O since 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted June 14, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 14, 2019 I think it is a shame that there is still so much inequality in work areas where gender has no bearing on being able to do the job. I can understand why some professions are more suited to certain genders and / or body types but these are becoming fewer as technology takes over many parts of the job. Certainly just about every job on a ship can be done by anyone who is qualified /trained. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted June 14, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, MicCanberra said: I think it is a shame that there is still so much inequality in work areas where gender has no bearing on being able to do the job. I can understand why some professions are more suited to certain genders and / or body types but these are becoming fewer as technology takes over many parts of the job. Certainly just about every job on a ship can be done by anyone who is qualified /trained. Absolutely agree, but there just doesn't seem to be the interest in the maritime from women. Many start out a career, but leave within a couple of years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted June 14, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 14, 2019 It would be hard if wanting a family (and being with them) as well, which is one of the reasons there is a higher drop out rate for women than men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted June 15, 2019 #11 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Certainly just about every job on a ship can be done by anyone who is qualified /trained. And most ship positions are staffed by women. While the point of this thread recognizes a recent woman's promotion to Captain on a cruise ship - which admittedly still is a rare occurrence - there are many women filling all levels of positions from staff officers to crew on many ships in both ship and hotel operations. And quite a few are in senior corporate roles as well. IMO the cruise industry is not one that lags behind with gender neutral staffing. Edited June 15, 2019 by leaveitallbehind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted June 15, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Except, the highest positions are rarely occupied by women. I can not recall women even being more than 10% of senior officers aboard any given ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted June 15, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Congratulations to her -- hope she has a long career ahead of her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leaveitallbehind Posted June 15, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 15, 2019 16 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Except, the highest positions are rarely occupied by women. I can not recall women even being more than 10% of senior officers aboard any given ship. I did say that Captain is rare, but less rare are senior officer staff. We have been on several RCI / Celebrity cruises with females in the higher staff positions. As well as in the Hotel staff positions. I can't say what percentage and would politely question where you are getting that number from? Perhaps some of our more regular contributing maritime members can offer some insight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted June 16, 2019 #15 Share Posted June 16, 2019 5 hours ago, leaveitallbehind said: I did say that Captain is rare, but less rare are senior officer staff. We have been on several RCI / Celebrity cruises with females in the higher staff positions. As well as in the Hotel staff positions. I can't say what percentage and would politely question where you are getting that number from? Perhaps some of our more regular contributing maritime members can offer some insight. From cruises I have been on (40ish), you see the sheet with the senior officers named, usually around 10-12 positions and there is usually only one female if any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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