United diversity.......
08-13-2021 | 12:07 PM
#833
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I have asked several female pilots that I have flown with why there are so many women on the back side of the door, and so few on the front. They have all said that it isn’t the lifestyle, but the job itself. Most guys are gear heads and see operating machinery as attractive, where the majority of women typically don’t view it the same way. They are just as capable, it’s just that most aren’t interested. That is at least how it was explained to me.
08-13-2021 | 12:54 PM
#834
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I recently asked my sister, a 30 year United FA the same and her answer was similar. She simply is not interested in the same things her airline pilot brother is. No interest in how airplanes work, how to fly them, period. She is not wired that way. As far as the lifestyle, she made several interesting points. As a pilot you are locked into one airframe with much less scheduling flexibility. As a flight attendant you have a pool of 20,000 plus who are qualified on all airframes, making trip trading, swapping, dropping much, much easier. She raised 2 daughters and missed very few of their important milestones growing up because of work. Small sample size I know but if you extrapolate it provides a bit of perspective.
08-13-2021 | 12:56 PM
#835
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I recently asked my sister, a 30 year United FA the same and her answer was similar. She simply is not interested in the same things her airline pilot brother is. No interest in how airplanes work, how to fly them, period. She is not wired that way. As far as the lifestyle, she made several interesting points. As a pilot you are locked into one airframe with much less scheduling flexibility. As a flight attendant you have a pool of 20,000 plus who are qualified on all airframes, making trip trading, swapping, dropping much, much easier. She raised 2 daughters and missed very few of their important milestones growing up because of work. Small sample size I know but if you extrapolate it provides a bit of perspective.
08-13-2021 | 02:07 PM
#836
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About 22:20 I think is when she completely lost it.
08-13-2021 | 08:20 PM
#837
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From: Hoping for any position
Was thinking the exact thing. 23:00 she was actually speechless and stunned. It was so obvious she was a typical journalist only interested in surface level info. As soon as he took it one step deeper it destroyed her “gotcha” moment.
08-13-2021 | 10:37 PM
#838
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From: B737 Left Seat
I’m a Peterson fan for disclosure. If you liked that link, you will like a lot more that’s out there.
08-14-2021 | 10:50 AM
#839
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Spot on. A lot of journalist on the left side (but I repeat myself for 95% of them) have a predetermined outcome they want to report. They just need some talking heads that will support and say what they want to write and report. When someone comes with intellect and facts, they either deny it, cut them off, change the subject, or get flustered.
08-20-2021 | 07:20 AM
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There is a multi-billion dollar industry that doesn’t want this issue to go away. Classic example of “the doctor that doesn’t want the patient to get better”…
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