It’s interesting that you rank being a pilot alongside lathe operating GS. It’s also interesting that you regard it as a technical role. One thing I’ve picked up in talking to airline training pilots is that the technical side should be a given. The areas they most frequently come across problems are with interpersonal and team skills, and mental capacity. Funnily enough, those are areas where women tend to perform well; better, on average, than men.
Personally, I’m coming from a technical background (engineering) where interpersonal skills were too often overlooked in recruiting (or personal development).
I’ve got a long way to go and a lot to learn about being a pilot. Perhaps it is too presumptuous of me to suggest that the days of male dominance of the profession may be numbered as ‘soft skills’ become more important.
