Originally Posted by
Icarus2001
I think that is absolutely true Dr. However it does not seem to motivate women to join the profession
It has changed but does the public knows it’s changed in their general consciousness? And to me these elements go far beyond gender.
I’ve been told that pilots in general are physically strong and good at sports (def not me), they all like adventure and extreme sports (def not me) and they all have big egos and are “alpha male” personalities (certainly not me). Now if I followed that popular opinion I’d be in a different profession.
So public consciousness of the makes a good pilot may need to change beyond just a point of gender. Who knows if potentially good male pilots who never fell into the above categories have been dissuaded from the profession? And some who were unsuited encouraged to take it up?