Kenya Airways first female captain!
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Oh boy.... Should have titled this thread...The Maturity thread....better still, The Imaturity thread. Unfortunaetly, a female rises to the position of a male dominated job and some people have a brain fart. Good for you girl. Don't let the cavemen get you stirred up.
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Big deal
If women are truly the equals of men in the cockpit or any other professional arena why do we make such a big deal out of such things?
Curious, though, daddy was the chief pilot. Once again a woman gets to where she is because of a man.
Curious, though, daddy was the chief pilot. Once again a woman gets to where she is because of a man.
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EdoKazumichi, it's a shame to be so short sighted and unknowing of life. The fact that her Dad was the Chief probably made it far harder on her than you can imagine. KQ runs a strict seniority system and she is where she is because of her seniority and her ability to meet the required standard.
People like you make things like this a big deal because of your attitude, so enjoy reading about it
People like you make things like this a big deal because of your attitude, so enjoy reading about it
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Rat Catcher,
Every day men obtain positions through seniority and their ability to meet standards (your words) and yet this is not considered noteworthy. But if one possesses the other set of genitalia it is heralded as a stupendous accomplishment. Why?
Perhaps you think that it is such a grand achievement because you believe that sexist discrimination places a nearly insurmountable barrier to female advancement. No doubt such obstacles exist but my experience in the real world has shown me that every such obstacle a woman faces in her career progression is balanced or exceeded by A SPECIAL FAVOR GRANTED BY OTHER MEN BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. Thus the playing field is level thus her achievements are no more or less laudable than those of men thus when people make a big fuss over things like female captains it strikes me as condescending. The feminist cause is not advanced by such patronizing hoopla.
Every day men obtain positions through seniority and their ability to meet standards (your words) and yet this is not considered noteworthy. But if one possesses the other set of genitalia it is heralded as a stupendous accomplishment. Why?
Perhaps you think that it is such a grand achievement because you believe that sexist discrimination places a nearly insurmountable barrier to female advancement. No doubt such obstacles exist but my experience in the real world has shown me that every such obstacle a woman faces in her career progression is balanced or exceeded by A SPECIAL FAVOR GRANTED BY OTHER MEN BECAUSE SHE IS A WOMAN. Thus the playing field is level thus her achievements are no more or less laudable than those of men thus when people make a big fuss over things like female captains it strikes me as condescending. The feminist cause is not advanced by such patronizing hoopla.
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Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am a proud Kenyan today,
Knowing Captain Mutungi in person, she is hard nut to crack and very devoted. I also know one of the flight attendants since we went to the same school back in Kenya. Its time men pved way to women who deserve the best. Let us all give credit where it is due
Knowing Captain Mutungi in person, she is hard nut to crack and very devoted. I also know one of the flight attendants since we went to the same school back in Kenya. Its time men pved way to women who deserve the best. Let us all give credit where it is due
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No Kenya airways for me !
Thanks to this article i will never set foot on a Kenya Airways plane.It took only 4 years for this lady to be promoted to captain on a large commercial airliner.She obviosly does not have adequate experience yet.Had she been on a western airline, she would have been required to have more years of experience just like all the men go through before gaining captain status.Another reason i wont step foot on her plane is obviously explained by the example of the Klm female piloted plane that ran into trouble over Alaska.This lady could not handle an emergency and she immediately went to unnessesary panick when all the four engines shut down due to volcanic ash release.Just listen to the cockpit recorder tape and judge for yourself.They can fly planes but cant keep their cool during emergencies.
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Cast your mind back to QF1 and Bangkok. QF9, a "classic 747" captained by a female wisely deemed the situation a dodgy one and successfully "went around". No big deal really... however, her colleague on the 744 thought he was better than the weather..
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*wondering why you trawled the archives to find a thread over 18 months old in order to make your first post and demonstrate your lack of aptitude?*
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