Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
If you’ve never had a chief pilot at a flight school or a 135 ask for a blow job in exchange for getting hired, or a DPE ask for sex in exchange to pass a check ride, then kindly excuse yourself from the discussion.
Most of the female pilots I know have had both and more than once. Discrimination in this industry wasn’t that long ago, and word got around. Glad to see someone doing something about it.
Right on cue.
Not saying it never happened but to say ‘most, and more than once” sounds like a gross exaggeration. I’ve been in the business for decades and have many female pilot friends. Never heard it. Not to say there aren’t desperate low-life’s out there, but don’t think men are the only ones that use sex as a tool, or weapon, or that it’s limited to aviation.
“One academic study showed that as many as 40 percent of sexual assault charges are false”.
https://apnews.com/article/b5c40b513...app1%26hl%3Den
The difference today being that woman are to be believed without question which could be scary if you’re a male instructor or check airman with United’s ambitious recruitment and training plans. It only takes one accusation or harassment complaint these days...