TCT has made much of emulating Amy Johnson.
I discovered today that there has been an Amy Johnson scholarship scheme for many years.
By coincidence one of its past recipients is UK expat Min Stokes who has run Minovation at Jandakot airport in Perth,West Australia since 1997.
Her flight training and GA operation is based next door to where I gained my PPl H at Gt Northern Helicopters in 1989.
Here is what Min has posted on social media...
Aviation is a world were there is little or no tolerance for "Walts", male or female, particularly when it comes unqualified people wearing military aircrew brevets.
If it has to be about gender then this episode has made it look like we mere "birds" can't do anything without a massive support crew of...men and copying other people.
Whenever 'sexism" is used to try and shut down a discussion it does a disservice to all women who have just been quietly getting on with it all this time without a massive publicity machine and sponsors behind us.
I wonder how many scholarships all that money could have provided.
As a former Amy Johnson scholarship girl I do appreciate the value of scholarships rather than feel-good news stories when it comes to the harsh reality of paying for flying training.