Should Women pilot Jumbos? ( Archived) (158)

Structurally, that reads to me that you think perhaps the reason why most women prefer to stay at home instead of trying to pursue a career is because you and your wife shared parenting your children.

Can you see why I ask for clarification?

What do you think is the reason why most women prefer to stay at home rather than pursue careers?

On what basis do you state that most women prefer to stay at home rather than pursue a career?

What in your opinion constitutes pursuing a career? Are careers a choice, or an option for everyone in your opinion?

What is the reason for not including parenting as a career?

On what basis do you think I haven't had a career?

If you think parenting is the most important and responsible job, what was the reasoning behind you describing jobs traditionally fulfilled by men as 'top notch' in comparison?

Jeews 20 questions!!!!!

My wife and myself both pursued careers and brought up our children successfully with the help of grandparents and family. They are successful and happy adults now.


I'll throw your questions open to everyone.

What is 'Jeews 20 questions', Tom?

Sorry typo that was meant to be "jees" (explicative) not refering to Jews.

What evidence do you have that working with machines is a genetic predisposition and that women don't have a primal instinct for working with tools?

Do you think women hunted, or processed kills with their bare hands, whilst men needed tools to do the same job?

From your OP...

Yes but this does not detract from the main discusion

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/1/13/1389626933216/BA-pilots-and-sisters-Cli-011.jpg

When two children, a six-year-old girl and a slightly older boy, visited her flight deck last week, British Airways pilot Aoife Duggan asked if they would like to fly planes too. The boy said yes but the girl demurred, saying: "I think I'd like to be an air hostess – boys are pilots." A surprised Duggan says: "I was like, 'No! Come and sit in my seat, wear my hat.' "

Four decades after the first female pilot started work for a commercial airline, there are still relatively few women sitting in Duggan's seat. Of the 3,500 pilots employed by British Airways, just 200 are women, yet the airline still employs the highest proportion of female pilots of any UK airline. Globally, around 4,000 of the 130,000 airline pilots are women, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots. Fewer still are captains – worldwide, there are around 450.

How much has changed since Yvonne Pope Sintes became Britain's first commercial airline captain in 1972? Struggling to explain why so few women have followed her, she suggests domestic responsibilities. "Women are just as good as men, but they seem to have more domestic issues and not all of them want to devote themselves to a full-time job."


WWWhhhyyyy not more?