Equality?
I'm sorry...but it matters not one jot what the gender of this person is, isn't, or might be. The emergency was handled well by the crew...which included the captain. End of.
Slightly off piste, but in my experience of teaching people to fly (as a Gliding instructor for many years) one particular grouping consistently stood out as providing the 'better end product' . IMHO - it was the ladies.