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Old 14th Nov 2007, 12:59
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fernytickles

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As the eminently wealthy (56p) Whirlygig pointed out, this subject has come up many times on pprune. It would be interesting to know how many times the subject was brought up by the female of the pilot species. I would wager the 56p that it is mainly brought up by the male portion of the pilot species.

How would RvB like to see this finally dealt with? Ban all females from the cockpit? How about banning all males from the cockpit? Or banning mixed sex cockpits? Why not go the whole hog and ban mixed sex, mixed race and mixed religion cockpits. There, that should solve all and any issues... Right?

Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? But is that what you are ultimately suggesting? How else do you propose to finally deal with the problem that you perceive?

Alternatively, address the problem directly on the day with the person beside you in the cockpit regardless of race, religion or sex. If you, RvB, find you have repeated problems with numberous female pilots, you might want look within yourself and ask if the problem begins there.

As Shakespeare said, "Much Ado About Nothing"....

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