What is interesting about Brittney Ally is the fact that at 18 she already holds a private pilot’s licence, but is yet to secure a driver’s licence.
Not that the engaging Queen’s College graduate is in the least bit perturbed by what might appear to the casual observer to be an anomaly. In the fullness of time she will learn to navigate the congested streets. These days, she is far more preoccupied with the far less cluttered skies.
For the time being, Ally is serving what one might call an internship with the local aviation company Air Services Ltd. As an Administrative Officer she is supporting the work of ASL’s Flight School, serving sometimes as a co-pilot and in the course of that pursuit becoming familiar with the challenging environment of the interior. Simultaneously, she is pursuing an online aviation graduate programme with Broward College in Florida.
Ally readily embraces the assertion that flying is in her DNA, though she does not accept the notion that aviation was necessarily a career choice. She belongs to one of the country’s best-known aviation families in which several members are qualified and experienced pilots. Still, she insists that she made up her own mind.
Eventually, she will leave Guyana to complete her studies in Aviation Administration in the United States. She has, she says, been observing both the growth of the local aviation sector and the relevance of the sector to the growth of the Guyana economy. She believes that the period ahead will further transform aviation in Guyana and she wants to be part of that transformation process.
Ally is indifferent about being part of a sector which has traditionally been dominated by men. She notes that other women have long preceded her in the profession; more than that she is comfortable in the environment in which she grew up.
