Originally Posted by
flyinjgirl
I think the biggest deterrent to women pursuing commercial aviation is simply not knowing about it. Most female pilots I know, including myself, have a dad who was a pilot and got into it early. The other deterrent is the schedule, which may improve as airlines hopefully try to improve conditions to retain pilots. Having a family and being away is tough but doable. I have to give all the fathers & their families credit with the low pay and unpredictable schedules. It's a lifestyle my traditionally structured family friends balk at and discourage me from pursuing. It's a different kind of life for sure.
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So? Why is homesteading-friendly work schedules a bona fide concern/demand when coming from a working woman but not when coming from working men? If women value the home life and desire to have children and thus demand the job accomodates these priorities, which further drives them to not desire a traveling job like that of the airline pilot, then why the hell is it not the purview of men to demand it too? Talk about irony, for a female to be the one pushing the patriarchal agenda to her comfort and convenience.
What if I want to be Mr. Mommy and let the weef bust her rear with the crappy schedule and the 30K/yr job while I endure the supposed martyrdom of giving up "my career potential" in order to cover the domestics from the comfort of home? Yeah, we all know how that conversation goes amongst marriages and relationships all over this Country. Sister please.
I've taken my sister flying, my mother, my wife, all my exgirlfriends. They don't care much for it. None of them have expressed interest in pursuing it. I have female pilot friends. Great people, but they're social pariahs amongst their larger female peer group and constantly bemoan their dating lot in life. Most throttle back or give up the professional flying pursuit in their 30s, citing a shift in priorities. Color me surprised.
And here's the thing. There's plenty of beta males around willing to be Mr. Mommy for them while they go fly the skies and be gone from home.... But they don't want that. They want the socially established, high earner (on-parity earner at a minimum) great catch guy her nurse/teacher/SAHM/9-5worker sister has for a husband. That's the rub. But nobody can't fix that for female pilots. They have to own their choices just like everybody else does. That's not something requiring affirmative action however. Stop labeling it a problem.