Exclusive | NYC area mom ditched six-figure salaries to become a United Airlines pilot at 50: 'Determined to make it happen'

New York Post · Asia Grace · 2026-11-06 16:21 UTC

“I get to live that dream every day.”

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Flying under the radar isn’t an option for Carole Hopson.

As a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines, based mere minutes outside of New York City, the 62-year-old African American pilot — one of the eldest black female aviators in the tristate — is as striking as the roughly 100,000-pound plane she reins.

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