Kate McWilliams

Kate McWilliams is a British female pilot with the rank of captain known as the world's youngest commercial airline captain.<ref name="British woman, 26, becomes one of world’s youngest airline captains"/><ref name="EasyJet pilot becomes world's youngest commercial captain aged 26"/><ref name="British pilot Kate McWilliams becomes world's youngest ever commercial airline captain"/><ref name="Brit aged 26 is world's youngest plane captain as she flies Easyjet plane with teenage pilot"/><ref name="Soaring to new heights - the 26-year-old easyJet flight captain"/><ref name="Meet 'easyJet's youngest female airline captain' - 26-year-old Kate McWilliams"/><ref name="Meet the 26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot"/><ref name="easyJet pilot becomes one of youngest commercial airline captains in the world"/>
McWilliams, at the age of 13, joined and began flying in the air cadets. In 2011, she joined EasyJet and became a co-pilot on regular flights. In 2016, she applied for the airline's command course and, by passing it, she took up the rank of captain.<ref name="British woman, 26, becomes one of world’s youngest airline captains"/><ref name="EasyJet pilot becomes world's youngest commercial captain aged 26"/><ref name="British pilot Kate McWilliams becomes world's youngest ever commercial airline captain"/><ref name="Brit aged 26 is world's youngest plane captain as she flies Easyjet plane with teenage pilot"/><ref name="Soaring to new heights - the 26-year-old easyJet flight captain"/><ref name="Meet 'easyJet's youngest female airline captain' - 26-year-old Kate McWilliams"/><ref name="Meet the 26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot"/><ref name="easyJet pilot becomes one of youngest commercial airline captains in the world"/>
McWilliams flies Airbus A319 and A320 planes to about 100 destinations, including Reykjavik, Tel Aviv, and Marrakech.<ref name="British woman, 26, becomes one of world’s youngest airline captains"/><ref name="British pilot Kate McWilliams becomes world's youngest ever commercial airline captain"/><ref name="easyJet pilot becomes one of youngest commercial airline captains in the world"/>
 
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