dr dre:
The air force can do as they please, but are any airlines currently performing positive gender discrimination? My impression, for the ones that pay for the cost of training at least, will have no desire to employ any substandard pilots that will cause unnecessary costs to their business.
The social justice warriors will argue that the training standards now required "perpetuate white male privilege".
The standards will be lowered for women "because they have been systematically denied the privileges that allow men to succeed". For the same reason women will get mentored far more than any man and given multiple opportunities to try to pass the (reduced) standards that now apply.
This is very simply organised in a large company by requiring the training group to provide a comprehensive written report justifying why they failed a female candidate, then subjecting that report to independent review, followed by a full blown meeting at just below CEO level with a view to deciding if the fail should be accepted or retesting be required.
After about three of those reviews the training group will get the message, well, at least the new leaders of the training group will know whats expected.
That is apparently what is happening here and overseas.