Flying in the sky, pilot Rita Pyakurel says there are no fewer Nepali girls
Kathmandu. Rita Pyakurel wanted to become a pilot since childhood. As soon as he heard the sound of a plane flying somewhere in the sky, his eyes would go there. She looked at the plane until her eyes could see it.
And she thought in her mind, ‘One day I will become a pilot and fly a plane.’
While studying at Siddhartha Vanasthali School in Kathmandu, some students aimed to become doctors and some engineers. When someone asked Rita, she confidently said, ‘I want to become a pilot.’
Since her father was in the army, he thought that both his daughters would become doctors, but Rita wanted to become a pilot. Mother was not looking so positive either.
His mother wanted him to do something other than piloting. In front of Rita’s stubborn nature, nothing worked for mother and father.
He wanted to become a pilot anyway. So after giving her SLC, Rita went to Buddha Air’s office.
She called Buddha Air’s number and said, ‘I want to study pilot, what should I do?’ The person who picked up the phone was Suvarna Kharel. He said, “How about discussing this in the office?”
Suvarna suggested Rita to study science and complete class 12. 12 Vacancy opened in Buddha Air for co-pilot.
After knowing about the vacancy, Rita applied for the same post. At that time America did not give visas easily. That’s why I was selected for training by Buddha,” she said about the initial excitement.
He was only 18 years old when he completed his 12th standard. In 2006, she flew to America for pilot training. She went for six months of training but had to stay there for 15 months. Due to many problems such as sometimes there are too many students, sometimes the weather is unfavorable, the training period has been prolonged.