Joining Dan-Air in 1969, she flew De Havilland Comets, the first commercial jet airliner. In 1971, her unusual status as a "lady jet pilot" was featured in an episode of Nationwide, a BBC news and current affairs programme, which interviewed the passengers she was flying to Tenerife. In 1972, she was promoted to a captaincy on the Avro 748, a turboprop aircraft, becoming Britain's first commercial airline captain, which included crew responsibility. From June 1975, she captained flights on the BAC 1-11 jet airliner.Amelia Earhart: What is her legacy for female pilots? Stylist magazine, 2014
