Originally Posted by
Ninthace
Sir, you had it right in post #113 but you fall back into old errors. Aviatrix would only be correct if aviator had a Greek root. However, it doesn’t, it is from the French and aviatrice has etymological precedence by some years.
I'm with N1 on this. My last tour of duty was as an exchange officer working in the French Ministry of Defence. One of the office staff was French Air Force Aviateur 1ere Classe and the one star always referred to her (3rd person) as ' l'aviatrice '. She had no problem presenting herself as 'Aviateur 1ere Classe'.