Originally Posted by
73qanda
Lol hands up all the women wanting to trade their Australian rights for those in Pakistan, India, China or Turkey?
You’ve totally misrepresented that post. No one is calling for the rights and status of women in Australia to be watered down to those of a third world country (Notwithstanding the fact Pakistan, India and Turkey had elected female PM’s earlier than Australia too).
But if countries in which the status of women is less than men have been able to integrate women better into flying roles before Australia, which supposedly has more gender equality, maybe it does say something about how our specific attitudes in Australian Aviation have developed over time?
For instance (genuine question as I’m not sure) was there any other nation in the late 70’s that was fighting court battles to keep females out of airline flight decks?
And it’s surprising to learn which nation has the highest number of female airline pilots? It’s not one that is renowned for gender equality:
Women airline pilots: The country with the most female pilots will surprise you