Jamaican sisters in air traffic control

For Kadisha and Allison McIntosh, being air traffic controllers is a job they wouldn’t trade for the world. The sisters have always done almost everything together, and so it was no surprise that fate determined that they would also have the same careers.

As teens they both attended Immaculate Conception High, and both went to the University of the West Indies. Kadisha, who holds a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics with a minor in economics, said she’s been in the field since 2005; while Allison, who has a bachelor of science degree in psychology, began working last September.

“When I entered I was the only female out of a group of 10 people who were taken on. I was scared, but it worked out,” Kadisha said.

Read more at: Jamaica Observer