ExpressJet Airlines, a United Express Carrier, Commemorates Ten-Year Anniversary of Historic First All-Female, African-American Flight Crew
Flight Attendant Diana Galloway, Captain Rachelle Jones Kerr, First Officer Stephanie Grant and Flight Attendant Robin Rogers in 2009, shortly after flying the first U.S. commercial revenue flight operated by an all-female, African-American flight crew. Atlanta, GA -- ExpressJet Airlines this week commemorated the ten-year anniversary of its flight that made history as our nation's first commercial revenue flight operated by an all-female, African-American crew. On February 12, 2009 , Captain Rachelle Jones Kerr , First Officer Stephanie Grant and Flight Attendants Diana Galloway and Robin Rogers operated a roundtrip flight between Atlanta and Nashville, Tennessee , for what was then Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA). ExpressJet and ASA later merged. The four women working together happened by chance after the original first officer assigned to the trip became ill and was replaced by First Officer Grant. "I could not believe it at the time,...