Just to belatedly concur with EESDL, in the early phases of female integration the AAC seemed to adopt an attitude of "We want female pilots, so they WILL pass". This attitude did alter over time as most of the first females simply weren't up to it, but all who have followed have had to carry the burden of all the urban legends about the 'girlie card' and the comments along the lines of "who did she sleep with to get through?".
As for the nurse who is currently Blue Eagling, although she may have been pushed into the post so the AAC could trumpet their gender-fair credentials, by all accounts she is more than up to the job and is highly regarded by those who actually know her and have flown with her.
Naturally there are some females who are closer to average or below just as there are men who fall into the same category, but I feel the major problem with the recent alterations to our previous male-only environment have been caused more by the way in which the changes have been managed and announced by the management than any failings by the ladies themselves.
