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Fredfred said
Female pilots eh??
Well I can't help but notice that quite a few of the funny stories are about female students. I'd like you "gents" (as one of you addresses us readers) to consider that just maybe us girls are willing to say the stupid thing or look stupid and as a result learn from it - rather than the plenty of guys I have heard responding to ATC (and I mean commercial pilots too) who clearly haven't a clue what they have just agreed to. So I say "Go girls!" Don't be afraid of asking the stupid question - it might just save your life....and the guys were probably thinking it and just too macho to say anything.
I have to say that by reading comments on a variety of the forums that aviation has obviously been a male domain for some time - male egos and testosterone abound. Just "another" barrier to be broken down.
I found out recently that my very experienced, but part time, instructor has only taught one female PPL student in the past and even then he was just finishing off her PPL. I'm the first ab-initio female he's taught from the start. There's been a fair amount of learning how to communicate between us
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My instructor has refrained from putting any of my comments on this thread but he's welcome to do so for entertainment value if he wants
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He keeps giving me "homework".... so I gave HIM some yesterday....to come up with some mneumonics that have a female / male orientation rather than the other way round to help me remember stuff.
He reckons it'll be tricky
....but he seems to likes a challenge...after all....he's teaching me!!!!
Any of you guys want to help him out????