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Old 24th March 2000 | 21:51
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Sir Algernon Scruggs
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Shakespear, you are well out of touch on that one. I suppose the management pilots you have spoken to (how many and from which airlines?) fall into the biggoted dinosaur category who pull statistics out of thin air. As Strikemama says, check your actual records. I would be prepared to place money on it that the true statistics would prove you to be very wrong.

Most female airline pilots have had to work much harder than most of us to get their coveted positions due to the discrimination and bigotry of some of the dinosaurs who hold outdated values. I for one find that the vast majority of women I have had the fortune to fly with as either my copilot or captain over the years has performed to as high a standard as the best male pilots and occasionally even better. There has been the odd one who falls short of the standards but then I would bet that the percentage of those are lower than for their male counterparts.

"Babysitter problems!" Don't make me laugh. Not even worthy of a response. "PMT!" Again, a pathetic excuse without any probable evidence. "Maternity leave!" So what? I know of many male colleagues who have also taken maternity leave to be with their wifes/girlfriends and to help out. Someone has to incubate the next generation and I think you would probably be very glad it isn't you! To discriminate just because a woman gets pregnant is pathetic. I have absolutely no doubt that any woman who has taken the decision to become an airline pilot and gone through the hoops to get there does not 'just become pregnant' for the sake of it.

You said that we shouldn't shoot you out of the water for your comments but that will not protect you, especially on Pprune. I suggest you verify your 'management pilots' statistics before you fall into another trap.

'I Have Control', I don't know who you work for or even if you are a pilot yourself but your statement is far too generalising and is probably just as ill thought out as Shakespears. There are many pilots out there who fall into the various categories you have mentioned but to state that 'most' are like that, in my experience, is just not true. As for spelling and grammar, I would blame the education system and not the individual. Also for many contributors English is not their first language.

On the other issues, don't forget that in Saudi Arabia women aren't even allowed to drive, never mind fly. Also one south american airline I recently flew for fire any male stewards they believe to be gay. Just shows how many places there are that are still waiting to be dragged into the 21st century and the world is a poorer place for it.