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Robert5988
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Status: offline |  Posted - 23 Jul 2006 : 21:39:41  
| A thread prompted by Julie's(Mach 2) contribution in the 'Free upgrades' thread.
I had also been reading some information about this subject.
In 2002 there were:
Total number of U.S. airline pilots – More than 30,000
Total number of female U.S. airline pilots – Approximately 3,345
Total number of female U.S. airline captains – Approximately 740
So roughly 10% then and probably the ratio has not decreased since 2002.
As far as I can recall, in the hundreds of flights I have made, I have never had a female as the Captain and only twice a female first officer - once on a AA internal flight and the other on a RAF flight.
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 18:17:54
| No reason why there shouldn't be a lot more female pilots - you don't have to parallel park a jumbo.
(Please be gentle - somebody had to be the first to say it!!) | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 19:43:00
| quote:
Originally posted by andrewmckay5
Are there many female navigators??
andrew
One sits next to me on most car journeys I make Andrew. She's self-appointed though. |
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Somerset
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Status: offline | Posted - 24 Jul 2006 : 21:37:29
| We had a lady captain on a flight we were on... it was annoying to hear all the male passenger comments such as ''hope she's not suffering with PMT today!'  Give us a break lads.... |
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andrewandcarole
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Status: offline | Posted - 25 Jul 2006 : 07:46:55
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Originally posted by Somerset
We had a lady captain on a flight we were on... it was annoying to hear all the male passenger comments such as ''hope she's not suffering with PMT today!' Give us a break lads....
I agree - these sort of comments make me mad!
I have worked as a 'woman in a man's world' for years. Luckily these days these sorts of remarks are few and far between.
Carole |
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Katys Grandad
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Status: offline | Posted - 10 May 2008 : 17:44:13
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Originally posted by emm
We flew with American Airlines recently and the captain was female - that was the first one for me.
Flew domestic on American earlier this week. For the first time I can recall all the crew (Captain, First Offcier, Cabin Crew) were female.
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orchidvilla
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Status: offline | Posted - 11 May 2008 : 11:37:01
| Came back on VA Tuesday and both Camtain and First Officer were women, Captain said " we should be 8hrs or so to get back to Gatwick so it should give us both time to learn how to park this thing...." | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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mfairhurst
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Status: offline | Posted - 11 May 2008 : 20:26:00
| There seems to be more females on USA airlines,As we wait at Atlanta they go passed us while we are waiting to board our plane .
There seem a better way of entering all fields in the USA for both men and woman in the USA , As they can get a pension for after they retire and for paying for heath in later life as we all know the heath system is expensive there .
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orlandodaze
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Status: offline | Posted - 11 May 2008 : 21:06:31
| | The Chief Pilot in Aer lingus is a woman ,and she is only 38 , funnily she piloted a plane before she drove a car . A very able lady she well deserves her title . I have flown with her some time ago , Well done Davina !. |
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