What if the pilot's a she? (before one of the women jump on you for that, as they doubtless shall)
Not at all mon ami, doesn't worry me in the slightest and probably doesn't bother the other dozen or so women who read this site - what do you take us for!!!
. We none of us, male or female, go through life saying "he or she" in respect of everything. The expression could sometimes be replaced by the nebulous "they" but that is grammatically incorrect since there is only one pilot!
Cheers
Whirls