26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot

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  • British woman one of an estimated 450 female captains worldwide
  • She flew from London to Malta with 19-year-old co-pilot this week
Story here: http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/26/business/woman-26-easyjet-youngest-pilot-captain/index.html


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fholbert said:
She is pretty too.

I have to say they would never show a man in front of the mirror getting ready for work.

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Heck, If my socks match I feel I did good.
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If you put on make up AND are featured in a feel good news story, then i truly hope they show you getting ready for work in front of the mirror. Otherwise, I thought they did a fantastic job of maintaining a women's feminism while succeeding in a male dominated (speaking of South America) career.
That being said, I have no idea about her actual credentials or the legitimacy of her rise to success. I just think it's cool a pretty girl from a part of the world where women are AT LEAST sex objects gets to be a captain.
no offense to my Latino brothers, I just happen to be a champion for the cause of women!
 
250 hrs to 5 yrs later CA of an A320. A huge well of experience to draw from. :rolleyes:


But hey who am I Mr.-236-hr-RJ-pilot to talk :eek:



There's a reason when flying within Europe I stick with mainline large legacy carriers. British, Virgin, Lufthansa, KLM, Swiss, Iberia. Not Air France though.
 
jweldon said:
Hide this from sully, I'm sure he'll go testify he wouldn't feel safe letting them fly his family
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And he'd have a good point.....

Ab-initio 250-hr turned 5-yr A320 CA with no more than 4-5k total, and an ab-initio FO with 250 hrs total. 45 yrs combined age and 5k combined total flight time for an A320? That's not a well of experience to draw from.


That would all go well if "everything goes according to plan. Introduce a little anarchy and everything becomes chaos."
 
Jeez. The world has changed. I don't mean her sex (well maybe a little), but her youth. Her copilot's youth. I mean...the "seat of the pants" thing is a lost art. Now young people are learning to be captain for the first time or getting the crap scared out of them with a hundred people behind them.


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NovemberEcho said:
Meh those pilots flying bombers and fighters in combat in WW2 had less time than them and did some pretty amazing stuff.
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I get to find little bits and pieces of a B-17 on camp property where I build trails for off road cycling. One of the trails is called B-17. There is a B-24 that we found in Novato and by found I mean bits a pieces of alu and 50 cal casings that were popped off from fire. More training accidents than combat deaths during WW2

My favorite place in SF is a memorial to all those who flew West from SF and were never seen again. Lots of names on that wall.

I ate FBO popcorn and followed the FMS course. Noting our position from time to time. Soon that will become a novelty along with talking on the shortwave.
 
My stepfather, Gene Tigges of Fort Wayne, Indiana, was PIC of a B17 with roughly 80 hours total time to start. He managed to survive 23 missions and bring his crew home safely, save one, each time - formation flying, FLAK, the Luftwaffe, weather ...

Give the kids a chance here.
 
typhoonpilot said:
Good for her, but.................
Going to have to call out that first line. There are certainly way more than 450 female captains worldwide.


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The source CNN cites: "What with growing airlines, downsizing airlines, upstarts, and bankruptcies, we can only speculate that the number is around 450 women airline captains worldwide"

:facepalm:
 
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