Originally Posted by
pax britanica
there probably are not that many women pilots in india compared to siome other countries and in a stressful situation for the controller it is a possible human mistake.
To the contrary. There's probably a higher ratio of women in the cockpits of Indian airliners than is the case in most other countries. To suggest that somehow two female voices is an explanation for confusion on the part of controller is simply ridiculous and manages in a single shot to demean both women and controllers.
There are many things about India I enjoyed, but the quality of its journalism was definitely not one of them. The TOI should be ashamed of itself for publishing an account that makes the gender of the pilots appear to be in any way relevant to whatever errors were made.