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On the recordMarch 16, 2023
I find it incredibly frustrating that only 2.6 percent of aviation mechanics in the United States are women.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth highlights the low percentage of women in aviation mechanics.

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