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Old 2nd Aug 2002, 17:22
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Miss Bigglesworth
 
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- A bad experience in Florida with an extremely patronising & chauvanist instructor on the bfr.

- If I'm with Mr B and walk into a pilot shop/flying club/whatever, the attention will always be directed at Mr B, even though he doesn't fly himself.

- I often get bad vibes from the 'posers' who I assume see me as some kind of a threat (A bit weird cos I'm very shy and retiring!)

And as a side point, I work in aviation, on a very male-biased side of the business. I'd estimate that one in every twenty chaps that telephone assume I'm the secretary and will blatantly show their unwillingness to 'talk aeroplanes' with a woman. Quite amusing really.
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