Why aren't more women airline pilots?

[Tld]

...we do have several women here who roll their eyes and say, oh they're just guys

Oh you boys.... <--- (that's me rolling my eyes at you gentlemen...And you all should be offended because my rolling my eyes at you should be taken as a personal insult to your intelligence and as my display of female intelligence superiority.) Sometimes I think that the issue of female retention here has more to do with them just choosing to not involve themselves in petty ignorant arguments, than actually being offended by the attitudes of the ignorant schmucks who pick those fights.

Bottom line: There are jerks and insensitive people in every industry, not just this one. There are idiots everywhere. Does it sometimes cross the line? Yes. But I am offended by the ignorance that accompanies racism and sexism more than the attitudes themselves. Jokes are funny sometimes, even the racy ones. It's when those jokes and attitudes are born out of true ignorance that they become offensive....and even then, I'll probably just ignore them....I'm too busy flying an airplane ova heah!

You can't have an all-female crew. What if they both start menstrating at the same time (you know how womens periods will sync sometimes)? I think it would be a dangerous.

see...this is funny, it's ok to laugh. (now if he actually believed it......oh wait, it's waco....)

 

[Autothrust Blue]

A "Flight Deck" is on the top of a big grey boat and aircraft land on it.

A "Cockpit" is where the pilot sits to control the aircraft and land it on the big grey boat.

I never refer to my place of work as a "Flight Deck"...

It's a "Cockpit" as far as I'm concerned, and always will be.

The FAA prefers "flightcrew compartment." It's entirely too many syllables.

Although "Pizza Hut," "House of the Lord" (with optional 'Christ speaking'), or "front office" work better. And might be more offensive.

But people get all butthurt about it, so I think we oughta just start calling it the "Bridge". That, and First Officers will now be referred to as "Number One", "Set Thrust" will be replaced with "Engage', and all on board coffee will be replaced with Earl Grey Tea.

Tea, Earl Grey, hot, you mean.

 

[Cptnchia]

Although "Pizza Hut," "House of the Lord" (with optional 'Christ speaking'), or "front office" work better. And might be more offensive.

I prefer the term, "Front desk."

 

[Firebird2XC]

The FAA prefers "flightcrew compartment." It's entirely too many syllables.

Although "Pizza Hut," "House of the Lord" (with optional 'Christ speaking'), or "front office" work better. And might be more offensive.

Tea, Earl Grey, hot, you mean.

I don't like "flight crew compartment". It's too close to "baggage compartment". Where they keep the live animals in cages and dead animals are suitcases. You know the difference between pilots and the animals in cargo, right? People don't act surprised when the animals bark, whine and soil themselves.

As for the tea.. well.. yes, that's how you order it. If we're going to be technical, we need to clarify how the cabin crew should convey that we're about to have a "warp core breach", i.e., the Lavatory Runneth Over.

 

[derg]

Whenever I've flown with a female pilot, I've always tried to recruit them for the website. Some lurk, but most usually decline because of the online environment in circles where there are a large percentage of males.

You have to admit, men do go a little "Lord of the Flies" when women show up.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I don't like "flight crew compartment". It's too close to "baggage compartment". Where they keep the live animals in cages and dead animals are suitcases. You know the difference between pilots and the animals in cargo, right? People don't act surprised when the animals bark, whine and soil themselves.

I guess the Feds consider us animals...?

As for the tea.. well.. yes, that's how you order it. If we're going to be technical, we need to clarify how the cabin crew should convey that we're about to have a "warp core breach", i.e., the Lavatory Runneth Over.

Loss of fecal matter containment.

 

[Firebird2XC]

Whenever I've flown with a female pilot, I've always tried to recruit them for the website. Some lurk, but most usually decline because of the online environment in circles where there are a large percentage of males.

You have to admit, men do go a little "Lord of the Flies" when women show up.

Lord of the Flies. I like that. More like, "Oh Lord, Here Come the Fliers".
Devil's advocate: Why would female pilots come here en masse? They lack a common motivator many male pilots have. Why would they need to learn how to talk to girls?

Yup. That just happened.

 

[KLB]

Whenever I've flown with a female pilot, I've always tried to recruit them for the website. Some lurk, but most usually decline because of the online environment in circles where there are a large percentage of males.

You have to admit, men do go a little "Lord of the Flies" when women show up.

The same thing happened when I was over on JetGirls. It's so exhausting.