It was almost pre-destined for 18-year-old Emily Siggins to become a pilot.

Not only is her father Herbie the local manager of JetBlue airlines, her mother Jeannie has worked for the Civil Aviation Department for the past four years.

Miss Siggins, currently studying Aviation Management at Florida Institute of Technology, was even born on a day her mother was working as duty manager at British Airways.

And she has already taken big steps towards her ultimate dream of flying corporate jets and commercial airliners.

She has just achieved her private pilots licence and scored a 98 percent on her Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) written exam 70 percent is required to pass.

"Out of 60 questions I got two wrong. I was not expecting that but it happened," said Miss Siggins.

She is also just a couple of weeks shy of completing her first semester at flight school, thanks to a Government Public Service Bursary Award providing her with $10,000 for each of the four years in her degree.

The course at Florida Tech includes regular math and English courses, as well as courses in aviation meteorology the study of how the weather affects flying and flying classes.

"With heavy rain there is reduced visibility which makes it harder to see," she said. "There is greater wind turbulence and wind sheer, which makes it harder to land, and it also reduces how many people can fly."

"With a car you drive with a steering wheel, but with a plane when you're flying on the ground you steer with your feet. It's only once you get airborne you start taking control with your hands," she said of the flying experience.

"If you don't like enclosed spaces you won't really like to fly because you start off in really small planes and work your way to the bigger ones. I fly in the mornings so it is really smooth, and quite easy, because a plane, if you have it all set up properly, will fly itself," she added.

So what exactly does Miss Siggins enjoy so much about flying? Is it the excitement? The sights? The feeling of gliding through air?

"I've always loved flying so I was like 'just set me in a plane and I'm ready to go'. I had gone up a couple of times before starting university when there was a small plane in Bermuda."

"I was probably about 14 or 15. It was cool because I got to see Bermuda from up high, it's really pretty. It was at dusk so the sun was setting, so perfect timing."

In addition to famed female pilot Amelia Earheart, Miss Siggins was inspired by pilots like Chesley Sullenberger II labelled a hero after he managed to safely land a plane on the Hudson River, in New York, with 155 passengers, after the left engine blew up.

Miss Siggins said: "I always want to get to that point where if I was in that situation I would be able to do that."

Her parents have also been an inspiration and a great support. Not only did they find contacts for her to talk to in the industry, they also instilled in her an interest in flying.

"Both my parents have been in aviation for ever, so I have always been around planes and that side of it. I've always had an interest in it so I decided to go fly them," she said.