Towerdog,
I think we will have to agree to differ on the whole subject of gender. A little common sense and the ability to read, understand and mentally digest an intelligent scientific debate would of course made you realise that the first sentence of you post is tosh. I was discussing the X and Y chromosomes, not hormones. I did not even mention hormones, as that is a subject that is too often misinterpreted by men, although I can give you a lesson on endocrinology next, having got the genetics and psychology out of the way.
As for pilots crashing aircraft and killing themselves and their pax, I could go on all day about the daft things men have done which result in bent metal and dead people.
Mr Moto,
I read the same article, but I can't remember where. One of the points that was brought up was that although with women the major problem was handling (as opposed to bad decision making, which was male pilots' major fault), the study was not conclusive enough to prove that women have worse handling skills than men. Due to the fact that women have only been flying jets for the airlines in any number recently, it was postulated that the relative inexperience of the women flight crew may have played a part in the accidents they were involved in. I believe one of the conclusions was that a comparison should be made of accidents caused by men and women of a similar experience level in order to establish whether the original conclusion was true.
Next I'll learn to spell...
[This message has been edited by Pandora (edited 29 June 2001).]