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On this International Women鈥檚 Day edition of 鈥楾oday in BC鈥�, host Peter McCully chats with Jessica James, commercial pilot and co-star of The History Channel鈥檚 鈥楲ost Car Rescue鈥�.
Jess, who grew up in Nimpo Lake and currently lives in The Okanagan, is a role model for young women, demonstrating a taste for adventure and a drive for success within a male-dominated industry.
Despite only 6% of all private pilots in Canada being women, Jess successfully obtained her private pilot鈥檚 license in 2013 in Victoria, B.C., and her commercial pilot鈥檚 license in 2017. Since then, she鈥檚 achieved multiple endorsements for flying.
James was asked what the most impactful moment in her young career was to date.
鈥業 was flying with Harbor Air Seaplanes and I was helping a lady get off of the flight, she was of an older generation and she was very sweet and she didn鈥檛 know me, but she took the time to tell me that she was very proud of me for being a pilot because she didn鈥檛 have that opportunity when she was my age and that will always stick with me. I can tell you exactly where I was standing when she told me that鈥�.
As seen on 鈥楲ost Car Rescue鈥�, she now uses her skills to fly over remote areas of Canada, scouting and recovering rare classic vehicles that have been abandoned or lost to time.
McCully asked James what her favorite area was to fly over.
鈥極ne of the really cool things about this job is that I get to fly in some really neat places and places I would鈥檝e never visited in Canada if it wasn鈥檛 for the show. So I just try and stay present in all of those places that it leads me and I guess my favorite place continually changes鈥�.
As well, James talks about the new season of 鈥楲ost Car Rescue鈥� where she pilots a team of car-hunters who travel by air and land to uncover vehicles.
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