Female Captains

In 1998 just about all my friends got married and I took pictures of their weddings. In 1999 most of them were…. er…. well fertilised ! 😀

Needless to say, they don’t get out very much these days.

It’s been a very fertile year…especially as 2 other non-aviation friends have had babies as well!

Wys,

Lol Three Captains in your airline and your “friend” are all pregnant!

Er That speaks volumes. Does you wife know LOL.

Do they have partners also lol!

(Imagine giving birth at the controls of a 757!!!!)

I had a female first officer on BA 777 YYZ-LHR

I guess this answers the question

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/410067/M/

Originally posted by martin_EGTK
A book I’ve been reading about pilot recruitment says the in the US, females and minority groups are almost guaranteed an interview as more are wanted in the industry.

United Airlines was the most active at hiring women with lower qualifications for quite a while. I flew with a female captain who had less than 3 months in the left seat before she was hired at Delta a few years ago. The industry minimum for PIC (captain) flight time is 1000 hours to get hired by a major. She got hired with less than 100 hours. Different standard to say the least.

Getting hired at the airlines has more to do with who you know at times than anything else. Not that there is anything wrong with that though. If a captain flys with a kid on the side and sees that he works hard and is a good pilot why shouldn’t he get a little help getting hired over an unknown pilot? But it stings a bit to see someone get hired for no other reason other than they have a different chromosome makeup. For most pilots, your ability to get hired at a company has a lot to do with your experience and ability to work with others. Someones genes are a good resume.

Some have said that women need “help” to accelerate their careers, that there aren’t enough women flying professionally. First, it’s a slap in the face of female pilots as it lessens the value of those things they have worked hard to accomplish without the help of others. Second, a big reason why we don’t see a lot of female airline pilots is because the pilot lifestyle isn’t advantageous for most women who want to have a family. They would rather have a job that lets them stay home or at least be home every night instead of being on the road 5 days a week.

In my first class as a brand new pilot there were 2 women in the class of 40. I would say that ratio holds true in the airline industry as well here in the US. So from the bottom to the top the percentage of women involved is about the same. Preferencial hiring is attempting to correct a non-existant problem.

—- I’ll get off my soapbox now. 🙂

Originally posted by wysiwyg
my EZY friend.

You realise how this sounds Wys don’t you ? 😀 😉 :p :rolleyes:

I’m not sure what the TCX policy is but my EZY friend was allowed to fly for the middle three months if she wanted to.

We have quite a few at MyTravel. As for being pregnant as soon as the person knows they are grounded. Dont know what rules other companys have though ?

How long into the pregnancy can they work, any regs governing this ?

LMAO Wys! With that avatar you had before it wouldnt surprise me….. 😉

The TCX LGW Boeing base is approximately 10% female. Strangely enough all 3 Captains are pregnant at the moment.

It wasn’t me.

A book I’ve been reading about pilot recruitment says the in the US, females and minority groups are almost guaranteed an interview as more are wanted in the industry.

Are there positive discrmination policies in force with most airlines nowadays to encourage female and ethnic pilot recruitment? :confused:

BA have quite a lot of female pilots I believe, I know severalwho are on the 747 and one on the 777.

Air Jamaica also has all female crew flights i think.

I’ve been on a flight with British Airways being flown by by two female flight crew.

Ohh.. and Britannia in 2001 where the passengers cheered and applauded when we touched down.

Aer Lingus definitely has female Captains, I was flown by one in June.
SN Brussels has female pilots, but I don’t know about Captains. British Airways has some female pilots, as do Lufthansa and Air France, and SAS certainly have female Captains. Icelandair do as well.

We have about 30-40 female pilots in Cathay.

qantas has a rather strong female representation on flight deck. on a recent flight a few weeks back with QF longhaul it was a pleasent suprise to see the f/o was female. i have had a number of flights on QF with a female tech member.

also Cathay has female tech crew, i believe one is from australia also on the A330 fleet