Originally Posted by kalyx522

yes, it actually was my sex status that helped me to achieve my stellar regional career.



dude, i sense an argumentative tone here... i may be wrong, but it seems like you think that i am all for AA... i am quite unsure why this argument is even taking place because i never mentioned AA??? I DID say that I never expected special treatment.... but rather, its the guys around me who expect that i get special treatment. thats just the part that really annoys me, i mean i'd understand the snide and bitter comments if i were hired by some major at my current qualifications instead of sitting in the seat right next to them. yeah i might flash a flirty smile at a ramper to help us get that much-needed lav service, and that smile might not work had it come from a burly male pilot, but these days thats probably as far as the power of my sex goes.
i never thought or said that it's a level playing field... unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on who you know) its not and never will be for all the reasons above and probably a 100 more that is beyond my realm of reasoning. i do think however that the united-style hiring is never going to happen again due to the fact that there are a LOT more women in aviation now than even 5, 10 years ago.

the whole reason why i even responded in this thread was because hotmama mentioned that its wrong that women expect the sex card - my response was that most women DONT even expect that. so whether the expectation is right or wrong is all a nonissue to begin with.