Durga Banarjee
Banerjee started her aviation career flying a Dakota with Air Survey of India as a DC3 pilot in 1959.
She moved on to join Indian Air Lines at the Calcutta base in 1966 and later retired in November 1988.[citation needed] It is heard that when she first approached then Central Aviation Minister Mr. Humayun Kabir to apply as a commercial pilot he was reluctant and instead offered her the post of a flight attendant.[citation needed]
She has to her credit the most flying hours with 18,500 hrs.[citation needed]
- She became a Commander in the F27 turbo prop Aircraft.
- With the arrival of the B737-200 series she got herself type rated as a Jet Pilot to fly the Boeing 737.
- She also flew the Airbus 300.
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