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Old 08-12-2021, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bellanca
I always enjoy this argument. Why is it that most FA's are women (afterall, there is much higher number of female FAs than there are male pilots), if women don't want/ don't like / can't handle the lifestyle???

I want to fly with you. All my trips seem to be, well how shall I put this without offending? Umm, not women. But good for you that you get that. I’m serious.


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Old 08-12-2021, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TillerTemptress
Despite all of the griping here, one only need to look at the photos in the flight ops update showing the last 8 new hire classes which are still 97%+ white guys. UA's diversity efforts are a good first step towards trying to get this place slightly more diverse.
Honestly, why should anyone care about diversity in this industry? We are pilots; literally not a single thing about our career has any bearing on our gender or ethnicity. Being white or black has no bearing on being able to read a checklist and think critically and fly a plane.
Diversity is beneficial to some careers, not ours. Why people are so obsessed with skin color or gender is beyond me
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Old 08-12-2021, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Bellanca
I always enjoy this argument. Why is it that most FA's are women (afterall, there is much higher number of female FAs than there are male pilots), if women don't want/ don't like / can't handle the lifestyle???
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.
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Old 08-13-2021, 03:02 AM
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Old 08-13-2021, 07:56 AM
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That's a good interview. It was worth the time to watch.
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Old 08-13-2021, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Explizer
That's a good interview. It was worth the time to watch.
He uses razor-sharp logic and reasoning to debunk so many common myths perpetuated by the media/academia in our current environment.

And despite the fact that he's helped countless people turn their lives around, the left try their best to cancel him -- with no effect.
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Old 08-13-2021, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Explizer
That's a good interview. It was worth the time to watch.
I totally see his point. We definitely have been discriminating against Canadians for too long.
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Old 08-13-2021, 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Wingedbeast
Jk Rowling got "cancelled" because she made the controversial statement that only women can menstruate.
Is that a joke?
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Old 08-13-2021, 01:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Hedley
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.
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.
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Originally Posted by JetDoc
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.
That’s using the word “qualified” very loosely. But, your point is taken.
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