This pilot couldn't find a job with an airline, so she became a travel blogger and Instagram star instead
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The INSIDER Summary:
- Madeleine Schneider-Weiffenbach is a licensed pilot, but couldn't find a good job in the industry.
- The German native decided to become a travel blogger instead.
- She's enjoying traveling the world with her boyfriend, but still hopes to work as a pilot someday.
Madeleine Schneider-Weiffenbach has spent a good chunk of her life in the air.
After earning her pilot's license, she had trouble finding a job with an airline, so she channeled her love of flying and travel into a different career path. These days, she's a passenger more often than a pilot as she shares her adventures on her blog, Pilot Madeleine, and on Instagram, where she has 760,000 followers.
She keeps her license current just in case, though.
INSIDER spoke to "Pilot Madeleine" about her enviable travels.
Growing up in Munich, Germany, Madeleine Schneider-Weiffenbach always dreamed of being a pilot.
After she got her pilot's license, though, she couldn't find a good job with an airline.
"Being a blonde woman, you're always underestimated," she told INSIDER. "People always think that you're not as good as the guys, so of course in flight school I had a lot of issues sometimes where flight instructors or peers didn't think that I was good enough."
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