I once had to endure a female captain using a breast pump in cruise. Unfortunately she look like Sarah Burnheart. Yuck!

 

Huh? Don't have anything better in you than that?

 

Yeah do you think it worked?

 

I did, but, I know you had to give a chuckle when you read it.

 

When does the mud werstling start?

 

All I can say on this topic is that most of the females I saw in USAF UPT needed "extra credit" (extra flights), males did'nt get that chance. Was it fair........HELL NO! So all you female pilots out there, if you're military, I do look down on ya'll. If everyone was treated fairly, I would have no problem. But that was never the case. If you breath, and can walk, so what if you're female, black, orange, yellow, white. The syillabus should be the same FOR EVERONE!

 

Affirmative action is discriminatory but unfortunately is also needed. An industry like aviation provides perhaps the best illustration for why its needed. Nearly every major airline will openly admit that internal company recommendations are needed in order to gain employment. The mins for getting on to a major carrier are so high that if you meet them then you are qualified to fly their mission. I can have 5000 hrs PIC and you can have 1000 but we are both qualified and skilled to fly an airplane. No airline ranks all applicants by number of hours and then hires from the top. Instead once you are qualified some other factor will determine if you get hired (i.e. internal recs or some other connection). Internal recommendations are basically support for one of your buddies who has the mins. Well guess what. The average buddy for a white male is another white male just as the average buddy for a black male is another black male. Sure everyone has one or two friends of another race but for the most part we a friends with people similar to ourselves. Its not because we are racist but simply because you tend to be friends with people you have the most in common with. Unfortunately, that fact leaves minorities at a disadvantage because they are much less likely to have a "buddy" working at the company. Now you may argue that there are a lot of white guys without contacts and thats true but the company (governement) doesnt care about that because chances are they are pretty much filled with white guys anyway. If they want to get minorities in then they have to actively recruit them because if the hiring process is left on cruise control then they will definitely be left out. Not b/c of some conspiracy but simply b/c of the natural flow of things. As someone stated before the pool of minorities is often smaller so the company cant be as picky. Therefore a minority who meets the mins (and therefore is qualified) can in some cases get hired over a higher time white guy. The white guy feels understandably screwed but its the only way for minorities to get their foot in the door. Hopefully in the near future companies can get their minority numbers to a point that somewhat reflects the general population so that there isnt a need to seek out minorities. The natural flow should take of that and then affirmative action can die....

 

Forgive my ignorance but what is a breast pump? Isn't that somthing women use when they have a kid and want to bottle some b$$b milk. That is appaling.

 

I don't know, but personally, I like the uniform the way it is. I wear the guys tie. I couldn't even IMAGINE wearing the female tie. I think it looks.....well, so freaking retarded I can't bear the thought of wearing it. The guys hat just needs to be a little smaller. I feel like the statue of liberty wearing it but I would rather wear it than a female looking hat that you speak of. Those look stupid, IMO. My only problem is the pants. Most uniform places make the pants with pleats, with the waistline really small and the hip area large. It makes all females look like they have a pear shape. I just took mine in and had them altered to take the pleats out.

 

I have to say that i do not like the uniform on women but with some alterations it doesn't look bad. I absolutely hate the cross tie as well and wear the mens tie myself. As for the hat goes I never wear it, too big!! The pants got to have them tailored like you mentioned. The jacket have it tailored. I had a discussion with a couple of guys and they suggested skirts and pumps!!! Are they Crazy?!?!