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Old 6th Apr 2006, 03:13
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novicef, you will find that the only reason she won was because BALPA supported her case through the courts. However you will find BA is appealing.

In any case it has opened up a can of worms for employing young women as pilots. Why should an employer spend money on training a pilot and through simulator sessions maintain her profficiency, only to find she takes time off to have a family after which she only works part-time.

This industry is quite different to others as one must maintain handling and non-normal profficiency by recency and simulators. Simulator costs are high.
All being considered why should an airline employ a woman of child bearing age when they can employ a male without those problems occuring.
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