Melissa Haney was born in Inukjuak, near Hudson Bay. When she was eight her mother oved to the Eastern Townships where she would eventually finish a year at John Abbott College in Montreal. When she was 19 she started working for Air Inuit as a flight attendant. In 2003, she started taking flying lessons. The following year she completed ground school.
She started flying Twin Otter aircraft for Air Inuit. By 2016, she had been promoted to captain. She still flies with Air Inuit but now flies a Dash 8 Combi-300. She is married to another Air Inuit captain Pierre-Oliver, the couple have two children.
What you may not know about Melissa is that she is the first female Inuk pilot to reach the rank of captain, in 1017 the Canadian Ninety-Nines released a postage stamp in commemoration of her achievements.
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