Originally Posted by MD10PLT

OK I'll be the sour grape in the room. I've flown with a lot of really outstanding female pilots both in and out of the military. However they all have one thing in common. Somewhere in their mid to late 20's they want children. The ones who have children have an incredibly tough time with it. One of three things happens, they end up as a single parent who is away from their children a lot. Or they end up with a husband who is unwilling to do the full load of work when mom is gone, or they get lucky and find the perfect man. For a wife who is never home finding #3 is pretty tough, most men still prefer to be the hunter bringing home the meat.