The LAA people had already been called misogynists yada yada in the press before the vote. To give her back the award just to prevent that accusation would have smacked of tokenism, which is far more sexist and a slap in the face to those of us who are just getting on with our jobs.
If this was an attempt to save face it has backfired badly, so not sure that this campaign was very clever at all. However if you have a book coming out then there is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about, so the adage that all publicity is good publicity applies.
However as I've posted on the other thread, if TCT wanted to show that she really cares about the things she says she cares about then she could follow the example of Shaesta Waiz, the youngest woman to fly solo round the world last year; and instead of donating to a lawyer, donate to a scholarship fund organised by Dreams Soar.
I would like to see some quality journalism comparing these two women.
(I have said all along that the only barrier to entry in aviation is money, not misogyny and if I hadn't won a scholarship myself would not have been able to persue a 30 year, 13,000 hour career)
(The other Clare Prop!)
Edited to add that I was also inspired by Neil Armstrong as a wide eyed 6 year old! Looking forward to seeing the film this week.