Why does Maverick Helicopters not hire female pilots?
Thank goodness such sex discrimination is illegal in the modern world. Please don't lump stopping women having equal employment prospects 100 years after suffrage with the positive discrimination South Africa imposed just weeks after the fall of apartheid.
When you dinosaurs fall ill and come into my hospital I will presume you will only want to be treated by a male doctor. Sadly there are days when we are all women.
When you dinosaurs fall ill and come into my hospital I will presume you will only want to be treated by a male doctor. Sadly there are days when we are all women.
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: USA
Posts: 278
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If this business is discriminating on the basis of sex then the business in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and subsequent Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Act. The business and owners would be subject to prosecution and any potential job applicant who was discriminated against would have a cause of action against the business.
And rightly so.
And rightly so.
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Liverpool based Geordie, so calm down, calm down kidda!!
Age: 60
Posts: 2,051
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
6 Posts
Radgirl, dont be such a drama queen. I'm no dinosaur, quite the opposite. When I go into a hospital, I want to be treated by the doctor that was the best one to apply for the job, not one who was forced on the hospital. If that doctor was a female, black, lesbian, wheelchair bound gypsy, I would be happy.
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Uk
Posts: 48
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm highly critical of femal drivers, however their attention to detail, adherence to the rule book and 'lack of testicles' is very reassuring up in the air.
All female pilots I have encountered have impressed me with the aforementioned attributes as well as many more, while some of their male counterparts who impressed me albeit for different reasons are sadly no longer with us.
All female pilots I have encountered have impressed me with the aforementioned attributes as well as many more, while some of their male counterparts who impressed me albeit for different reasons are sadly no longer with us.
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: In the desert southwest
Posts: 181
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
A great pilot and person
This is a pilot who I flew with and worked with. She is highly skilled both on the flight deck and as a leader of people. She has had a very challenging career and has risen above all obstacles. Her bio is much more impressive than is written in this article. She is currently flying SPIFR in the 145 and the BK is the backup ship at her base.
If the link doesn't work, google Jan Sierra 2013 National EMS Pilots Association Pilot of the Year.
Award-winning pilot keeps Flight For Life in good position
I have flown with hundreds of pilots and she is at the top of my list.
Cheers
If the link doesn't work, google Jan Sierra 2013 National EMS Pilots Association Pilot of the Year.
Award-winning pilot keeps Flight For Life in good position
I have flown with hundreds of pilots and she is at the top of my list.
Cheers
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Ross-on-Wye
Posts: 282
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Female drivers
For SS and interested readers ... Let me tell you a story.
Yes, the last three winners of the 'Dennis Kenyon Junior Scholarship' HAVE all been female. Applications are initially sifted by me and although I sit as Scholarship Chairman (Person!) I don't vote. Applicants whose Dad is an airline pilot, a well placed businessman or similar ... don't get past the first stage since the scholarship is intended only for those who haven't a financial cat in hells chance of becoming a rotary flyer.
The applications that make it through to the second stage are individually considered by a scholarship committee and around a dozen or so are selected for interview. Following interview up to four finalists are selected for an aptitude flight test with an independent TRE/CP. (The last being the highly experienced Ian MacGregor ...CP of Fast Helicopters.
Our previous two scholarships had been won by females, and following the committee interviews stage, two applicants were selected for final flight test selection ... being one male and one female. On test day, I visited Ian in his office and said something like "Look Ian, we've had two successive lady winners, we can't really have a third."
Ian's secretary was present and pulled me aside. "Dennis, if you really mean that, there would have been no point in any females making an application."
I realised what a prat I'd been and accepted the point instantly. "OK Ian, my apologies," I said. "Just select the applicant you consider best." Ian made his decision and our scholarship was won yet again by another lady.
Out of interest, our first winner was Zoe Spain, who many of you will have spoken to since she is an Air Traffic Controller at Fairoaks Airport. The second lady, Hannah Nobbs joined Agusta Westland and now works in the design department. Our third lady winner was Georgie Dixon who works at Sywell Airfield with Sloane Helicopters.
Hope these notes solve the ideas of partisanship. I plead not guilty.
We are hoping to run the scholarship with a major media sponsor for 2015. If successful, details will be announced in the aviation press.
Regard to all Pruners. Dennis Kenyon.
Yes, the last three winners of the 'Dennis Kenyon Junior Scholarship' HAVE all been female. Applications are initially sifted by me and although I sit as Scholarship Chairman (Person!) I don't vote. Applicants whose Dad is an airline pilot, a well placed businessman or similar ... don't get past the first stage since the scholarship is intended only for those who haven't a financial cat in hells chance of becoming a rotary flyer.
The applications that make it through to the second stage are individually considered by a scholarship committee and around a dozen or so are selected for interview. Following interview up to four finalists are selected for an aptitude flight test with an independent TRE/CP. (The last being the highly experienced Ian MacGregor ...CP of Fast Helicopters.
Our previous two scholarships had been won by females, and following the committee interviews stage, two applicants were selected for final flight test selection ... being one male and one female. On test day, I visited Ian in his office and said something like "Look Ian, we've had two successive lady winners, we can't really have a third."
Ian's secretary was present and pulled me aside. "Dennis, if you really mean that, there would have been no point in any females making an application."
I realised what a prat I'd been and accepted the point instantly. "OK Ian, my apologies," I said. "Just select the applicant you consider best." Ian made his decision and our scholarship was won yet again by another lady.
Out of interest, our first winner was Zoe Spain, who many of you will have spoken to since she is an Air Traffic Controller at Fairoaks Airport. The second lady, Hannah Nobbs joined Agusta Westland and now works in the design department. Our third lady winner was Georgie Dixon who works at Sywell Airfield with Sloane Helicopters.
Hope these notes solve the ideas of partisanship. I plead not guilty.
We are hoping to run the scholarship with a major media sponsor for 2015. If successful, details will be announced in the aviation press.
Regard to all Pruners. Dennis Kenyon.
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Liverpool based Geordie, so calm down, calm down kidda!!
Age: 60
Posts: 2,051
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
6 Posts
Tell Ian to give his secretary a pay rise, he/she had the guts to speak up and be honest. A few people in the industry could do with listening to a person like that. So,
Best person for the post, EVERY time!!
Best person for the post, EVERY time!!
Join Date: May 2008
Location: AZ
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The last I heard Maverick had a female pilot flying their fixed wing. They've also had female pilots in their 130's in the past.
I asked the CP of Maverick Las Vegas if he didn't hire females or if he just didn't have one at the moment and he said the latter.
Sidenote: I worked there.
I asked the CP of Maverick Las Vegas if he didn't hire females or if he just didn't have one at the moment and he said the latter.
Sidenote: I worked there.
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Liverpool based Geordie, so calm down, calm down kidda!!
Age: 60
Posts: 2,051
Likes: 0
Received 17 Likes
on
6 Posts
So, if that is true, can we say that the following scenario is true........
Candidate: "You didn't employ me because I am a/b/c/d or even e?"
Maverick: "No, we didn't employ you because the person who got the job was better than you. Oh yes, he happens to be male"
Candidate: "You didn't employ me because I am a/b/c/d or even e?"
Maverick: "No, we didn't employ you because the person who got the job was better than you. Oh yes, he happens to be male"
But one has to accept that female pilots go on maternity leave without warning, distract male crew members, take umbrage at certain male chauvanist jokes and sue at the slightest sign of anything that might be remotely perceived as sexist.
Apart from that I am surpirsed tourist operators don't employ more women pilots purely because of the added bonus of them being eye candy perhaps?
Take me for instance - I only hire female PA's - it save having to stock air fresheners in the office, kitchen and changing rooms.
Apart from that I am surpirsed tourist operators don't employ more women pilots purely because of the added bonus of them being eye candy perhaps?
Take me for instance - I only hire female PA's - it save having to stock air fresheners in the office, kitchen and changing rooms.
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: On the Rump of Pendle Hill Lancashi
Posts: 614
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Hey TC,
You old antique, even you will know maternity leave comes approx 7/8 months after the initial things like ...Oh well done, and what do you want, Boy or Girl.., and things like pass the sick bag please TC...that's whilst you are still in the pre-flight.
Sorry Girls, but TC has a point,.. but everyone understands what he means, its just that most of them are trying hard to be really good Politicians.
Me I am a realist I have a shed full of children and never taken maternity leave, cos I didn't swell up and get all moody and tearful, so don't take it too hard, that's what The Lord put us all here for
Peter R-B
Lancashire
You old antique, even you will know maternity leave comes approx 7/8 months after the initial things like ...Oh well done, and what do you want, Boy or Girl.., and things like pass the sick bag please TC...that's whilst you are still in the pre-flight.
Sorry Girls, but TC has a point,.. but everyone understands what he means, its just that most of them are trying hard to be really good Politicians.
Me I am a realist I have a shed full of children and never taken maternity leave, cos I didn't swell up and get all moody and tearful, so don't take it too hard, that's what The Lord put us all here for
Peter R-B
Lancashire
