Originally Posted by
flyguy23
The short answer is yes, although we all know it's far more complicated. There is not one single thing standing in the way of women becoming pilots other than personal choice. Men are naturally drawn to jobs such as this and there are jobs that tend to be more attractive to women. Lots of science and research to back this up.
Why is no one concerned about male equity in female dominated fields? Just curious...
I would strongly disagree with that premise and would be happy to see the research, but that would be a whole different lengthy conversation.
As far as concern around male equity in female dominated fields, I don't personally look at this from an equity lens (although I'm sure many do, and United's PR blitz has chosen to frame it that way). I'm looking at it from a business perspective, there is going to be massive demand for pilots over the next 10 years, and the current pool does not meet that demand. Making inroads with under-represented groups in the pilot field (we've started steering the discussion to women, but minorities are a big part of this as well) will help improve the supply pool of pilots down the line.
But yes, if hospitals for example wanted to improve their overall nurse candidate pool, outreach to men would make a lot of sense.