honestly. When you board a plane and you hear you have a female pilot,don't you worry, just a Little bit?

Answer 1

I'm gonna get flamed and torched alive but yes, the last time I flew from Melbourne to Singapore and I got a female from the flight deck making the captain's announcements, I was a bit freaked.....

Answer 2

Excellent question, as it serves to examine deep seated sexist feelings (which, by the way can be and are present in both genders).

My thinking on this goes something like this: Males attracted to the profession of airline pilot are doing it to gain access to nubile female flight attendants and to gain status. They jump wives/mates with slightly less frequency than their flight schedule. They flirt, pinch and grab. Females, in contradistinction have chosen a profession that is decidedly counter cultural, and have pursued this goal because they are exceptionally skilled and driven. They are more able to multi-task and less likely to get distracted by people entering the cockpit.

Much of what I have said is vast overgeneralization, but you are going for the down-and-dirty, nitty-gritty inner thoughts, I hope.

Plus, I have never heard of a female pilot arrested for alcohol just before they boarded the plane, or as they were taxiing, waiting to take off. So far, that is about 100% male.

Answer 3

this is a sort of inexpensive airplanes that would not have the little t.v. show at the back of the guy in front of you's chair? i've got been on a pair of those. in spite of the shown fact that they weren't from now on than 6 hours so all i did grew to become into stare out the window and doze off. yet you're able to attempt taking a sturdy e book or an ipod. in case you have a action picture telephone that could desire to be great as long as you place it into flight mode so it would not interfere with any navigation indicators. purchase a nintendo D.S. or yet another form of handheld interest. Get a bop it with headphones so it would not annoy persons, they're fairly addictive. only take as many distinctive kinds of entertainment as you could so it would not get tedious. bear in concepts you wont be wide awake for the completed 17 hours. Have a extreme high quality flight! :-)

Answer 4

When I have flown. I have not had a female pilot as far as I know. However, whoever they are as long as they are properly trained and passed all their flying exams there should be no need to worry.
I would be more worried if the pilot was a trainee male chauvinist without all his flying qualifications who thinks that he can fly a plane because he is a man.

Answer 5

Worry? When I know that the pilot is smart enough to have overcome much of the past sexist behavior in that industry in particular. An industry in which historically a woman had to be twice as smart and three times as savvy, just to be considered ...No, not really.

Answer 6

Statistically there is no difference between the safety record of male and female pilots, according to the FAA.

There's no reason to feel this way, especially with larger jets as they have a "glass" cockpit (all computerized and using joysticks, not yokes) so there's no physical strength required.

Answer 7

Hi,,, I was on a military filight on a C-5 ,,, coming home from training and we sat down in Goosbay Newfoundland.... We hit a wind shear,,, and went side ways... literally,,,, the pilot pulled it out and gained altitude and made another round,,, and landed perfectly,,,,,,

When we were getting off the plane for fuel.. the pilot was standing there,,, she was a "Meg Ryan Cute" lady,,,, if I had my wishes ,,,, I would have proposed to her,,,, or at least Kissed her .......

I have No qualms about women pilots !!!

good luck

Answer 8

only had female pilot the once, exactly the same, in fact the landing was one of the best ever. So no, i wasnt in the least bit worried.

Answer 9

OK I'll be honest.... I got a flight a couple of years ago and that was my first thought (deep in the sub-conscious!!) that it was a female pilot.... As it was for the rest of the passengers as there was a lot of nervous giggling and then cheering. Personally I feel reassured when it sounds like an upper class male with a name like Whetherington-Smith or something, who sounds like he is in his 50's!!!!

Don't know why... but it helps!!!

Answer 10

Hello there! How are things in the 19th Century? Hope the time machine journey wasn't too bad -it must have been quite a surprise to see a woman driving the thing eh? Well once you adjust you'll get used to it. I can't wait to see your face when you actually get out into society and see the other clever things they can do!