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== Aviation career ==
In 1989, Sutton was working as a [[Cessna 421 Golden Eagle|Cessna 421]] pilot for a small regional airline when she received an offer to work for Qantas as a [[Sydney]] based [[Second officer (aviation)|second officer]] on the Boeing 747.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freed |first=Jamie |date=2014-12-03 |title=Jetstar promotes Georgina Sutton as its first female chief pilot |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/jetstar-promotes-georgina-sutton-as-its-first-female-chief-pilot-20141203-11zd47.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> By 1992, having been promoted to first officer, Sutton flew a flight from London to Singapore with Queen Elizabeth onboard.<ref name=":0" />
In 2014, Sutton was appointed as the Boeing 767 fleet captain, which was the highest position a female pilot had ever achieved at a major Australian airline.<ref name=":0" /> The following year, Sutton became chief pilot for Jetstar Airways, a Qantas subsidiary.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-04 |title=Australia's Jetstar first to hire woman to lead fleet |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-30324352 |access-date=2024-10-21 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> She is the first woman to hold the position of chief pilot with an Australian airline.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Creedy |first=Steve |date=4 December 2014 |title=Woman pilot Georgina Sutton flying high at Jetstar |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/aviation/woman-pilot-georgina-sutton-flying-high-at-jetstar/news-story/f028868f323a829edfbf0fe66e7165d5 |url-status=live |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-04 |title=Woman who flew Queen Elizabeth to Singapore named chief pilot in Australian first |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/woman-who-flew-queen-elizabeth-to-singapore-named-chief-pilot-in-australian-first |access-date=2024-10-22 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> in 2017, Sutton left Jetstar and returned to Qantas as a manager of base operations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myriam |first=Robin |date=2017-10-22 |title=Jetstar chief pilot Georgina Sutton gets new, less-publicised role |url=https://www.afr.com/rear-window/jetstar-chief-pilot-gets-new-lesspublicised-role-20171019-gz3z25 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}</ref>
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