I am certainly one who didn't think "the line was being toed" on the previous thread. A contributer, as I recall, said something along the lines of "this used to be called LMF", and was roundly condemned by myself and others for such a crass insulting remark. His use of the very silly
emoticon (God I hate that thing) only served only to worsen the impact.
Whether this pilot has left the Reds at her own request, or has been removed as a result of a falling-off of her performance or for whatever reason is entirely irrelevant. To use such a term, which I thought had been discredited more than 60 years ago was grossly offensive, whatever the pilot's gender.