Originally Posted by
Sprite
Example of systemic discrimination: most if not all aircraft are built for the average male. Rudder pedals, seat height etc are built for a male body. Women face a hurdle from their first flight in a training aircraft...those who make it make all sorts of accommodations for the fact that the aircraft they’re flying are built without any consideration for them.
The JPATS T-6 and PC-21 military trainer cockpits were specifically designed to accommodate a large percentile of male and female trainees. In time this will happen with all trainers, though it's a practical impossibility with aircraft designed in the 60s.