When the government divested its holding in the firm, Ziadie Haddad began flying commercial freight in the United States.
Taking a year off, she joined Air Jamaica as a stewardess and while attending an employment seminar on flying decided to change the direction of her career choice.
[3] Ziadie was hired as a second officer, for Air Jamaica, co-piloting a Boeing 727 making her one of the first commercial female jet pilots in the Western hemisphere.
[5] On 1 July 1996, Ziada-Haddad served as co-captain on a Boeing 727 flight #034 from Fort Lauderdale to Kingston with Captain Enrique Acevedo.
[6] In January 1997, Ziada-Haddad began commanding the Airbus A320 fleet and at the end of the same year, served as captain on Air Jamaica's first all-female flight along with first officer "Melvina 'Debbie' Anderson, Purser Nadene Alexander, Flight Attendants Lisbeth Allen, Keisha Grant, and Judith Pryce".