It was said that one of the worst industries for gender equality is aviation, where only five percent of pilots are women. That's despite a global shortage of pilots and huge demand for more. And those numbers fall even lower you look at Asian airlines. This International Women's Day, one Thai pilot shares how she thinks that is slowly changing and that women are perfectly suited for a high flying career.

"My childhood dream is to be a cabin crew. Originally I liked planes a lot, but there were not a lot of options when I was young so my dream job is to be a flight attendant."

CAPTAIN SAWAPICH WONGWIRIYAWANICH PILOT "Hi, My name is Windy, or you can call me captain Windy. I've been working with Air Asia for around 14 years. I am currently the pilot in command of the Airbus A330. Actually, I was the first female pilot to fly this sort of aircraft. Passenger reactions when they know there is a female pilot, they will get excited and most of them want to come and see, 'Is she really flying the plane for us? She's so small.' Like that." In the male-dominated working environment, they have something called power distance. The senior captains will be very fierce, the junior copilot will be so afraid to talk to him, so this can cause problems on the flight deck. The fundamental area of this is education and how the family raises its children. If the parents raise their children in a way that makes them think they can do this, then they will do that eventually. You don't expect people to protect you, but you have to protect yourself first. If you know how to protect yourself then it's easier to be in the world. You have to have a tough life. There are a lot of airlines in my country that are not so open to female candidates. I would say it's not just the industry, but society as well. We are more of a male-dominated society but now we're starting to change. So we don't except change to come from outside, but the change must come from within us. We have to prove ourselves to be worthy in that position. Then if you prove yourself, one day society or people around us will accept that."