Originally Posted by
oceancrosser
In some cases the wife is senior i.e. the Captain. Now how about that...
Actually, of the few married pilot couples I know, a common scenario is that the wife was a flying student of the husband at one time. Years later the wife gets hired by the airline but the husband can't even get an interview. 'The curse of the white male' as one of my female colleagues puts it. Women and other underrepresented demographics are actively recruited and often hired with much lower experience levels than 'majority' applicants.
In more than one case I can cite, the wife goes to work in the training department and eventually is able to help get the husband an interview and a job.