We've certainly tapped a rich seam of prejudice here. Thanks cantfly for the numbers, seems pretty consistent with the 2-3% figure.
It always stuns me that the few gals that there are have put up with all this antipathetic crap for all those years and persisted to get ailrline jobs. My gleaned impression is that they've had to be better than average and very determined or they simply would not have survived to get there.
I'm daunted that one of their number, who eschews motherhood, should envy their paid time off for child bearing duties. I'm sure those that have arrested their airline carreer to bear children, would happily exchange the additional paid time off with their male partner, if he would take on the bearing/birthing bit.
Apart from any other consideration and I too like a beer with pals down the boozer, it brought a change of conversation to the cockpit and by and large they smell a great deal better.