I watched it. And I hate loudmouth bigshot pilots like him. Sure, he's a former military pilot but he's an asshole. I watched the whole video and he didn't say anythign contrary to anything I said, except that he went on about the attitude of that airline for being inclusive. And how attitude it so important. Yeah, it is. And I've known several over confident loudmouth pilots who have eneed up in a smoking hole.
Even the wildest female pilots I've known are consummate, modest and highly competent professionals. Julie Clark and Patty Wagstaff, both world class aerobatic champions and Julie was also a 37,000 hour airline pilot.
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Oh man, Patty is awesome. I loved watching her perform her magic in her Extra 300S at the CNE. What a truly remarkable pilot.
I also agree with you regarding female commercial airline pilots. There's not a group of men (because a large percentage of instructors are male) giving a passing mark to female pilots, just because they're female. I've taken flying lessons and I've successfully taken off and landed a plane numerous times. Even at that level, you have to be very dedicated to what you're doing. It's a lot of work. I can only imagine what it takes to get to the level of flying commercial.
I never pursued my pilot's licence, because I came to the realization that this was something that required way more time than I had to spare. I also realized that it's something you need to do all the time to remain sharp. I was more than capable of getting my licence and I would be very good at flying. But the little voice inside my head told me, you don't want to be a part-time pilot, because you'll end up dead. It's not a once-in-a-while activity.
I truly appreciate your insight Schlong...
P.S. Knowing what I do now, I'm also leaning towards some sort of wind event that caught the pilot off guard. The lack of flare and the fact that the point of contact was so early on, on that extremely long runway, makes me think that's the case. Plus, there was nothing unusual about the rate of decent until the very last moment.
Or it had to do something with the tarmac.
I don't know. And neither do you. Male pilots have to do it all the time too. All I am saying is that unlike say, firefighting, being a female does not have any negative effect on your ability to be a pilot, IMO and experience. AndAFAIK, the stats don't back it up either.
