A few months ago I watched an interesting program on DW-TV (Deutsche Welle) about women in traditionally male roles-- one was of a Lufthansa Pilot, another a Construction Engineer, and another was a Chef.
The Lufthansa pilot (a Boeing 737 Captain) was one of Lufthansa's first female pilots decades ago. She is married to another Lufthansa pilot and her husband commented that one thing he liked is that she is a professional but maintains her femininity-- making a comment somewhere along your line
Sal-e about some of his other female colleagues. During the 10-15 minute interview of her one could tell that she was a class act.
Yet it will be interesting to see how she will perceived as time goes on and when she eventually (hopefully) ascends to Captain in what has traditionally been a male dominated society (even more so than Europe). The first female Saudi pilot made headlines a few times a couple years ago, during her training, once she finished it again, and finally when she was hired as a pilot by one of the Saud's.
It is also enlightening to hear female voices from the flight decks of so many Indian carriers-- recently we had one Indian Flight Attendant leave GF after she had gained her FAA qualifications from Florida during her vacations-- last I heard she was hired by Air Deccan late last year.
A year ago I saw a picture of the first three female Pakistani Air Force pilots standing beside their T-37 training jets after getting their wings at Risalpur Air Base in Peshawar.
