Okay. A drunk post. Probably something I shouldn’t do.
I speak as someone whose wife was an aviation pioneer in the military but then chose a different path. She really suffered some crap to get where she did. I saw what she went through first hand. So I don’t want to hear any lectures about women in aviation. Pulease.
I have no issue with a female being equal to me, heck, even a female who isn’t “equal” to me but a great person and pilot getting hired ahead of me. I’ve seen some of them and I tip my hat to them. They deserved what they got and they should hold their heads up proudly.
I, and speaking for her here my wife, do have an issue with any substandard women (or men, for that matter), who get hired. We have seen in this industry women who can’t make it through training at a major. Rather than being washed out like any other person they are pushed off to another division, say recruiting, where their minority status can be marketed. Once their seniority can hold an easier airframe they are put back through training.
This is a disservice not just to the flying public, but a slap in the face to my wife and all the other women and minorities who busted their butts and overcame true discrimation to prove themselves as great pilots.
So that is my issue. Every time I look at what my wife went through and see anyone, white, black, Asian, female... doesn’t matter... getting a pass it makes me want to puke.
Sorry if I offended anyone.