NON UK PASSPORT HOLDERS SHOULD GO!
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And the prize for Wind Up Of The Week goes to Bavarian Boy.
Well done BB. You've managed to rehash an old idea, one that I thought had been done to death, and still get them biting.
Might I suggest that for your next posting you try the old 'Women In Aviation Thing'?
Well done BB. You've managed to rehash an old idea, one that I thought had been done to death, and still get them biting.
Might I suggest that for your next posting you try the old 'Women In Aviation Thing'?
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Funnily enough Fintstone, you've hit the nail on the head. No one objects to women pilots; after all Russia had female combat pilots in WW2. However, I know of one major carrier that has lower apptitude standards for it's female applicants, and will get them through their training whatever it costs. Not exactly a level playing field, and in the long run does nobody any favours.
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Sad but true Slickster.
I'm not saying that this is rife but I too worked for a company who exercised positive discrimination. The Chief Pilot explained it away by saying that 'X%' of licence holders were female and so he wanted 'X%' of pilots in the company to be female.
Absolutely no truth to the rumour that he then spent most of his time trying to get them into bed (with limited success).
Pretty demeaning for the ladies in question as they were then all under suspicion as to how they got into the company. Some, without doubt, could have got the job on merit and deserved to be there. Others were quite obviously there just to maintain the CP's quota (in more ways than one).
Mind you, I can also think of one or two guys who were absolute muppets.
Wonder how I got in?
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[ 01 November 2001: Message edited by: Flintstone ]
I'm not saying that this is rife but I too worked for a company who exercised positive discrimination. The Chief Pilot explained it away by saying that 'X%' of licence holders were female and so he wanted 'X%' of pilots in the company to be female.
Absolutely no truth to the rumour that he then spent most of his time trying to get them into bed (with limited success).
Pretty demeaning for the ladies in question as they were then all under suspicion as to how they got into the company. Some, without doubt, could have got the job on merit and deserved to be there. Others were quite obviously there just to maintain the CP's quota (in more ways than one).
Mind you, I can also think of one or two guys who were absolute muppets.
Wonder how I got in?
[ 01 November 2001: Message edited by: Flintstone ]
[ 01 November 2001: Message edited by: Flintstone ]
