That's 'cause nobody can hover and write, your hands and feet are full of flight controls!
I can! As a helicopter instructor, I'm ambidextrous on all the controls, so I hold the cyclic in my left hand, and I can let go of the collective for long enough to write. Jeez...doesn't everyone know that? Nah, they don't.... any more than they all know what it's like to be a woman pilot in the predominantly male world of aviation! After all, why would you> so let me help to enlightoen you....
My old friend Whirlygig is quite correct in most of what she says...and for those of you who don't know me, since I haven't been here for months, we're NOT the same person. So, I'm sorry, but there are TWO female helicopter pilots in the world who have encountered discrimination! Maybe no others; how would I know. And, in my case, not that often, not from everyone, and after a lot of years in aviation, it doesn't bother me....that much. But that doesn't make it right. And it also doesn't mean you should be questioning whether it's ever happened to Whirls, and demanding that she accept it. Why the hell should she? IO540, I thought better of you, I really did. And don't ask me to say exactly which of five pages of posts I'm responding to - I just read the lot all at once, and I'm replying to my general impressions. If you don't like that - well, I'm quite used to not being liked; I've been on PPRuNe a long time.
However, I'm a bit busy these days, so now I'll just go away again and leave you to your discussion, but hey, I did enjoy it, and it's nice to see so many familiar faces still around.
Bye for now,
Whirly - the original one, and don't forget that!