One has to remember firstly, that Equal Ops only applies to women... Most employers would fall over backwards to get a female pilot onto the books - How many boxes would that tick?
Unfortunately, after taking the training slot (usually at the expense of a more suitable candidate), absorbing the considerable time and effort invested in them (remember that they are impossible to chop - equal ops again) They find that people outside the cosy training environment stop bending over backwards to accommodate them and expect them to deliver the goods
The typical female pilot tires quickly of the unsociable, long hours, she tires of the ongoing training requirements and quickly falls by the wayside - Any long and meaningful sortie debrief usually ends, literally, in tears - This leads normally to a protracted period of ill health (Stress, 'women’s problems', etc) which in itself leads to currency problems - From here it is a slippery slope, these individuals can easily absorb all of the time available to the unit trainers to the complete detriment of everyone else’s training. This saga normally ends with some sort of ground job or pregnancy.
Women pilots? Why bother… it always ends in tears!