Celebrity Female Captain Kate: A Big First!!

Sorry! Meant to post on the Celebrity Board. But an interesting article. From CBS's Morning News within the past few minutes, they had this video story and headline: "Kate McCue makes waves and history for women at sea". CBS News's travel editor, Peter Greenberg had this story with lots of interviews and video details on Celebrity having the first female ship Captain. This included an interview segment with the female President of Celebrity cruise lines.

Among the story highlights: "Kate McCue is at the helm of the Celebrity Summit, with more than 2,000 passengers and a crew of almost 1,000. She is the first American woman to do so. Captaining cruise ships still remains a profession dominated by men. But McCue's boss, the first female chief executive of Celebrity Cruise Lines, said she hopes McCue's example would 'makes girls and women raise their hands and say, 'yeah, I think I'd like to do this too.' "

Interesting story and background for being a ship Captain, her hard-work, interests, etc. Her husband is a First Engineer with Celebrity, but they do not do sailing together. The story also noted: "She started as a cadet at the California Maritime Academy in 1996 when men at the school outnumbered women 15 to one. Nineteen years and 10 ships later, she is now a maritime master in charge of her own ship."

Anybody having sailed with her? She seems very out-going, nice and skilled.

Full story at:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kate-mccue-first-american-woman-to-captain-cruise-ship-celebrity-summit/

THANKS! Enjoy! Terry in Ohio

Enjoyed a 14-day, Celebrity Solstice Jan. 20-Feb. 3, 2014, Sydney to Auckland adventure, getting a big sampling for the wonders of "down under” before and after this cruise. Go to:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1974139

for more info and many pictures of these amazing sights in this great part of the world. Now at 120,038 views for this posting.