When I reference her name correctly, I will post it, but----
there was a WASP pilot---who'd flown everything form C-47's to P51's during WWII [in fact the only type not flown by her was the P-38 lightning]--after the war Although she was a highly experienced DC-3 pilot AA refused to hire her in that capacity---and subsequently the only way for her to stay in the sky was to become an FA---but the captains of AA acknowledged this fact and frequently let her fly---and land form both seats---There was an article about this in Aopa's magazine- don't even know the month
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---what a dreadful shame--I'm happy certain things [such as this] have changed---but other changes definitely turn professional flying into a real job
I wish people in airline management today would realize that the FD is NOT a corporate handwaving function, but a place of real work---I'm off to pontificate on common IFR producers now
