Originally Posted by
Aviatrix91
Something that seems to have gotten lost in this thread drift is the fact that female pilots have to undergo all of the same testing of their male counterparts. Yes companies may be trying to get more woman to interview ( which has increased because it is actually advertised as a career path and promoted far more then it was 10 years ago) but that is as far as any preferential treatment may go. What happens on interview day comes down to the preparedness of each candidate regardless of gender.
True, women do the same testing as the men. It’s just that the results of that testing aren’t given the weighting they should to determine the best candidate for the job, regardless of gender. The female candidates are not held up to the same standard as the males.
I was talking to an ex RAAF QFI who joined Qantas recently. He was involved in flight screening at Tamworth. Several times he had not recommended female candidates that had been given a job anyway.
On my nephew’s flight screening intake one of the female candidates had a stress induced melt down and had to convinced to continue. This is one week into a two week flight screening assessment. How the hell would she handle a twelve month pilots course? No surprises, she wasn’t recommended by the assessors. Guess what, she got a job anyway.