Nairobi, July 11 -- Geraldine Waruguru likes the pulse of elevated places. The First Officer at Kenya Airways has cruised at above 40,000 feet for most of her adult life. I am least surprised, therefore, when she suggests that we do this interview from the roof of her office that overlooks the Nairobi National Park on the one side, and Wilson Airport on the other.
"I feel much more at ease out here," she says, taking in a lungful of the soughing wind.
Geraldine, 36, is a pilot, a perfumer, and a mother of a seven-year-old boy.
She has flown passenger planes around the world for 14 years. Before Covid-19 came and halted her plans, the first officer on Boeing 737 was hoping to complete her exams to become a captain by the end of this year....