52 years ago when I signed up for my first flying lesson (on a different continent) it was with a female. And to her credit she still is. It was never even a blip for either of us despite teenage hormones, etc) I don’t get the big mystique about female pilots, any more than I do about female doctors or dentists (both of which I have, happily). My female accountant on the other hand…no cheating. Where’s the fun in that?
in my previous life I was a T &C guy. My boss found it amusing to give me the female pilots who fell into three groups: 97% fleet standard, 2% no bueno and 1% NASA material. I still corespondent with a couple of that cohort and recall fondly the time we spent together, both during training and later on the line. Sex never came into it*, nor did gender. We just got the job done the best way we knew how given our primitive understanding at the time. I wish it was still that uncomplicated.
*carrier wave only, no modulation.
on edit…that 2% no bueno? Same as the guys.