Why Aren't There Many Female Commercial Pilots? 

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The "women don't want to become pilots because they want to spend more time at home" argument is quite strange. Air hostesses are far more numerous than pilots, so this is not a problem.

Can you do a video on the lack of women in the garbage removal business. I don't think i have ever in my 45 years seen a lady picking up the trash at the curb on garbage day. I am betting the man to woman ratio is even larger in that business.

What do you mean no sexism in the industry? You said it yourself, women less qualified are picked over men just because they are women. That is blatantly sexist.

To be honest the strength quality makes sense with early planes as all the control flaps and control panels were controlled directly through physically moving the joystick/yoke

Whoa, whoa, 'old up. "until recently women weren't allowed to fly combat aircraft" Is flat out wrong. Women have been flying combat aircraft since WW2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transport_Auxiliary I'd almost let you get away with misunderstanding the difference between combat aircraft and aircraft in combat, except both Turkey and Russia have had female front line combat pilots for over eighty years, and the UK and US have had female front line combat pilots for over twenty years. Sure, there aren't all that many, but when there aren't many that's what you say, not 'none'.

It concerns me greatly when it becomes "Bring the boob not the tube". I don't care if my pilot has breasts or identifies herself as male so long as they're a skilled pilot. I'm on the plane to get from A to B and maybe C, not to satisfy a gender quota.

they call it a "cockpit" for a reason

I’m an Airline Pilot, and I work with many competent female pilots. Their numbers are few, but they deserve to have a seat in the cockpit nevertheless. It is definitely due to career choices and not sexism in hiring practices, rather the opposite is true. Similarly qualified applicants will be selected because of the second X chromosome is the reality. Being hired, and remaining in the career are not the same thing. Some female pilots I have worked with left the profession for a few years, and some leaving completely to have children. That’s the reality of biology, and is their choice. It is not due to sexism. Last year, I ran into a former co-worker who quit after trying to juggle a flying job and being a mother. She told me candidly that it was the best decision she ever made; she seemed truly happy and was pregnant with her second. Her husband worked in the offshore oil industry and made good money. Good for her. Down the road should she return to flying, she wouldn’t be joining her colleagues at the same level she would have had she kept flying, no she would be just a pilot who hadn’t flown for years. When we worked together, we flew turboprop Beech King Air 200’s. I currently fly Boeing 737-800’s at an airline. Once she gained the experience necessary, she would be more than welcome in my cockpit. Basically, it’s due to personal choices, not sexism.

Can you investigate why more men aren't nurses? it's a relatively high paying job, yet I don't see men whining about it. Strange.

You should never force employers to employ someone based on race or gender. That is inequality at it's finest. If a white man and a black man were to get the same job offer, but the black man had less experience but the law required your workplace to have more black workers or face legal issues, the black man could get the job simply because of his race. It's not racist or sexist to say that the person more qualified should get the job. Not saying that minorities and women can't get the job, I'm black myself, just that people should hold off on diversity regulations unless there is clear discrimination at play.

At least it is no longer intentionally sexist, that is honestly all that really matters. Many careers are more liked by men and some more enjoyed by women. The world is becoming a place where your dreams may come true as long as you try.

Please end with the gender quota. Let the roles be skill based. Discrimination is as wrong as gender quota.

I love the way you guys find topics that seem rare on RU-vid. You're unique.

why arent women plumbers, or concrete workers

A woman pilots the Blue Angels C-130 flagship. We have woman CEOs and woman politicians. We even have women firefighters (even thought most woman firefighters only get the job because they cry "equal opportunity", even though they can't meet the physical demands). The only reason why more women don't fill these roles is because they don't try hard enough. And claiming that you aren't getting "equal opportunities" doesn't count as trying. These are very competitive jobs, so you have to actually be qualified for it.

"you might have a leg up on the competition if you are a woman" and that dear friends is why affirmative action is just as discriminatory.

I'm happy this video took an objective look at the issue instead of just chalking everything up to one factor or the other. never change guys, never change.

"Women couldn't fly combat aircraft" no shit neither do most men their incredibly expensive and incredibly dangerous. For example the RAF spends £8m on training a eurofighter pilot. They aren't gonna let some girl do it over a dude just because "equality" who ever is better gets in

I like how he takes a look at it from every angle. Fine objectivity.

One can only hope the airline industry doesn't overlook more qualified male pilots just to bring up the numbers of woman in the industry. The net result of doing this is a pool of less qualified pilots and a more dangerous industry as a whole.

Being a pilot requires you to be far away from home, family and friends for long periods of times at very regularly intervals. It is also a dangerous job which can get you killed, particularly by your own mistakes. About the sexism in the industry: companies hire people based on their ability to produce profits. Lets start with an analogy, female doctors. Assuming that it costs the same to train a man and a woman about medicine, it is still a huge investment. Now what happens after their training? The man will work for 40 years at 60 hours a week. The woman will work for 2 years at 40 hours, then gets pregnant (2 years at 0 hours), then works part time (2 years at 20 hours), then gets pregnant again (2 years at 0 hours), then maybe work part time again (5 years at 20 hours) and then retires completely. This is not a net benefit for society with the female doctor. The education (at least in most western countries) is payed for by taxation, i.e. everyone. The reason why no politician is ever pointing out that educating female medical doctors is a much higher financial risk than educating males is quite obvious. Now think about pilots. Getting (and maintaining) a piloting license is a huge investment, which is not payed for by taxation, but instead by the pilots or the airline companies. While a father of a small child will still work as a pilot, and while a female doctor with a small child at home may still work at the local hospital part time, a female pilot with a small child at home will never ever even think about stepping into a plane. Pregnancy is basically terminating the pilot career. Not because of the evil sexist airline company, but because the women just does not want to fly anymore. It is a completely rational, economic decision to not train female pilots. The military is subsidising the education costs, just like with medical doctors. But even if the training does not cost the airline anything (at the expense of the taxpayer), there is still the permanent threat of the woman terminating her career forever by becoming pregnant. Would you hire someone in such an important position, who may quit any moment for reasons which you are not even allowed to ask in an interview without getting sued?

because they're not interested in it ?

I'm a woman, and I wanted to be a pilot when I was in kindergarten or first grade. In fact, it was the first career path I ever considered pursuing. I'm not entirely sure what influenced my decision, but it didn't occur to me at the time that girls couldn't or shouldn't become pilots. At that age, I likely wasn't exposed to enough of society and the media to realize how few female pilots there were. Vehicles in general (cars, trucks, boats, construction equipment, etc.) have been heavily marketed toward boys and men and still are. Society did not want women to have freedom of mobility; they were to be tied to the home. Women were even discouraged from riding bikes at one point because of the supposed sexual stimulation via the bike seat! Thankfully, we have moved on from those dark ages... Anyway, I decided not to become a pilot, but I'd love to fly a private plane someday!

It's not sexism, it's just that most women don't choose to be pilots. It's not that hard.

You can pause virtually anywhere and Simon's face will look hilarious.

Nearly 7 minutes to convey "women just don't want to be pilots."

Lack of role models? I didn't see any video game testers in any movie, but I decided to become one. Why was I able to choose a career without movie role models. Am I special?

+Today I Found Out: Well, today, I found out my teenager can't read cursive. I'd read that most U.S. public school teenagers can't. I tested that with the picture in the video that read "career" in cursive. My teen said, "careen". I screamed, "WTF" I'd spent the summer of 2009 teaching cursive, but neglected asking to read it! Apparently, writing skills and cursive aren't a priority in the public school system. Please, if you could possibly do a TIFO on how the U.S. Department of Education determines it's guidelines for individual states? Maybe TIFO can discover something I didn't. Thank you for this video because I have a niece that flies for one of the top commercial carriers and even though things are better, she said they have a long way to go. PEACE

Having been a a pilot for a living, I have flown with a lot of boys and girls... Boys are intrigued and want to fly the plane... the girls (young ones) just never even want to sit in the cockpit, they just couldn't care less.

I hate how the world feels like every job (except the unglamorous ones) has to be exactly 50/50. WOMEN AND MEN ARE NOT THE SAME. There is not a "problem" of young girls not wanting to be pilots. Girls simply don't want to be pilots.

Fascinating fascinating. I'd like to add though, also; * High prices * Social issues in what we tell kids * Being constantly rejected * Or finding out later in life where you'll be told that you are too old Are all factors as well.

while women were not allowed to fly Combat aircraft they would fly the tons of other non combat aircraft.

My sister flies a 747

Strength requirement actually made a lot of sense, because before fly-by-wire became a thing it could take considerable strength to keep plane under control. Good exmaple were Soviet female combat pilots. 586 and 588 regiments had no issues with their planes, as they were flying fighters and recon biplanes (serving as night bombers) respectively. 587 on the other hand were flying Pe-2 light bombers, and female pilots required assistance of navigator to get fully loaded "Peshka" off ground.

When I was hired at a major US airline they were under a court order to hire more women. There were 4 women in my class of 20 or so. One was exmilitary and had roughly the same qualifications as the men. The other 3 while not unqualified had a tiny fraction of the experience that all the men had and would never have been offered an interview let alone a job if they were men. That said as far as I know they all went on to have successful careers, and most of the women I flew with were great.

I've never heard a girl say: "I want to be a pilot when I grow up"

If they want to increase interest they can make more movies with female pilots. This might change the factors over the next 20 years but honestly does it really matter? Ratio as a very biased way of looking at things for men vs women. As people think there is a need for a 1:1 when the only thing that matters is can the person do the job & do they like the job.

Also not mentioned: men tend to do better on spatial awareness tests, and there are very rigorous standards for this kind of test when becoming a pilot

So, the biggest factor stopping women from becoming pilots, a job that seemingly doesn't interest girls or women, includes joining the military, a task that seemingly doesn't interest women or girls. Perhaps a script revision was in order here... "Why aren't there more female commercial pilots? They weren't allowed to be, but now they can and simply don't want to be." The other five minutes could be spent saying the same thing about women being plumbers, electricians, soldiers, welders, construction workers, garbage haulers, truck drivers, taxi drivers, oil drillers, firefighters, police officers, bouncers, day laborers, industrial factory workers, and farm hands. If there's still time left, toss in that men don't seem to have much interest in becoming elementary teachers, nurses, telephone operators, midwives, or professional cleaners.

So flight training colleges are incredibly sexist and it's fucking dangerous! If you are a girl and you apply to college to do a CPL and ATPL, you get excepted, regardless! That is the policy at Canadore and Confederation also every other one as well. They have extremely high standards for men that apply and absolutely none fore women. This is why most girls that start training don't finish but the ones that do usually tern out to be some of the best pilots I know.

It's not exactly that "girls don't want to be pilots", it's more like they're *actively discouraged*. When I was a little girl, I wanted to become a pilot. Whenever someone asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I'd say "pilot" and they'd *invariably* come back with a variation of "but you're a girl!" One person thought she was being "supportive" when she replied instead "a pilot, huh? well... it's not that difficult for a girl". I swear, not a single person outside my family reacted like my ambition was normal. This kind of thing eats away at you when you're only a child and as years go by, you inevitably doubt yourself. So, people, don't buy that girls and boys are somehow inherently different (and therefore gender disparity is not a problem). Rather, we are shoehorned into different roles. (I eventually had to give up that dream because it turned out I had eyesight problems that would disqualify me. But I still shake my head at how society judged my childhood plans for the future.)

My ex-husband is a commercial pilot. He came there after being a pilot in the Royal Navy for 12 years. He and his pilot buddies would come to the United States (which is how we met, i know who cares...) bc aircraft fuel was so expensive in the UK (and in Europe in general ). It was literally cheaper for them to come over here to up their flying hours on fixed wing than to do it in their home country. I mention that bc all of these guys were military and there was NO WAY any of them could have afforded flying lessons etc unless they were part of the armed forces. And i asked them if they're were any women pilots -they said 1 or 2 and that they were "rubbish" anyway. And these guys were young -early 30s. Believe me, tge stereotype is still there. The pilots that I KNEW at RNAS Culdrose thought all women pilots sucked. Just saying what they said....

It's completely economic: if you don't log your flight hours in the military the only way to get them is to pay for them. The cost is huge, and pilots actually don't make nearly as much as some people think they do. So even when you get a job flying a smaller regional jet, until you've amassed the hours needed to fly larger aircraft, the pay check is going to be tiny. Even more so relative to the cost of getting that job. So really, male or female, without military service becoming a commercial airline pilot isn't a great opportunity.

While I was doing my pilot's training I did ask a couple of (girl) friends if they didn't want to join. Most guys answered along the lines of "would be cool but: " too expensive/ i don't have the time/i don't think i'm capable/ don't want to put in the effort. So there was a general interest in becoming a pilot but no motivation. Whereas the couple of female friends I questioned mostly answered in the "i'm not interested" category. Ofcourse this doesn't really count as evidence and I didn't really talk about it with that many people but it might give some insight I guess? (ps: my class was about 30 people 5 of which were female)

It's because Airline companies don't want their planes to crash

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot because planes were badass, not because of the gender of the pilots. You can't even identify the gender of a fighter pilot while they're flying. Curiously, I didn't want to work construction or any other 100% male-dominated field. Kids aren't robots that want to do what they see people doing as long as that person looks like them. They just think stuff is cool. Maybe girls aren't as interested (in general) in flying and that's okay?

bravo for the integrity of digging beneath the socially expected answer, "because sexism!"

Maybe they just don't want to do it....

shouldn't have a leg up because you're a woman or a man. just like in the police force today they're hiring people who absolutely should not be qualified to do it. I want someone flying who can handle any situation not someone who says I'm a woman so let me fly.

I'm a retired commercial (SEL MEL) pilot and flight instructor (CFII). It's a rare woman who has the skills and drive necessary to go beyond a private pilots license but when they do acquire the training they are indeed given preference in hiring. Besides that, why do you think it's called a "cockpit"?

I still think height and strength requirements should still be mandatory.

I don't think I've ever seen a male beautician. Or whatever they are called. The people who wax people's asses and paint their nails. So where are the campaigns for that? Or for more male kindergarten teachers?(I assume it's more females)

The don't build models, they don't make paper airplanes, they don't even build or fly kites.... Even the wind is too much. They don't like hydraulics, or aerodynamics, or metallurgy or anything technical... I've been a programmer for years, and have only even SEEN a few females active on the forums.... The last one was working on solitaire... Even worse, some female avatars actually represent MEN... They are just offended by technical things in general... Its just "beneath" them.... Rejecting these topics seems to AMUSE them.

Frightening to know that there is a cry for political pressure to be applied in regards to airline pilot hiring practices. Several Months ago Black Pilots at United demanded that standards be loosened to to encourage other blacks to enter flight school. I refuse to believe that Black passengers would applaud any relaxation of any requirements in exchange for whatever piece of mind that comes with celebrating cockpit diversity.

I'm a girl and i dreamed of becoming a pilot since I was 6, it still is, and I will start my training once I get out of high school. And I will probably try with the army first bc then your training is paid for

Well we call it a cockpit for a reason....

It's nice to hear that these sort of issues are being addressed. Obviously you don't need an exact 50% in everything, but it's good to see that people are exploring why rather than just assuming women are less ambitious etc. As somebody wanting to go into hard sciences, with an similar albeit much lesser disparity, it's nice to know that people are willing to allow these changes to happen.

1:18 you said she quit because of how poorly she was treated by her "male staff". ha ha seriously if I quit every time a co-worker treated me poorly I'd never work.

This is funny. Last week I saw my first female pilot.

"Hight requirement" I call bullshit on that one... Not because is not true, but rather how it was implemented.. The issue is that there is both a minimum and maximum high requirement. The Maximum one eliminate about as many men as the minimum women. So there really not a bases for gender discrimination 93% of pilots are men... Well 99.8% of garbage workers are men, and i don´t see any feminist complaining about that. In my field, electronic design there are less than 5% women finishing university and even less actually working. And i again don´t see anyone complaining. And electronic design is not even a bad job. Its a fairly good salary and its a interesting and varied job. The physical requirement is also rather low. 3:50 "the same could be said about any industry...." Well no. Almost all industries that have similar level of dedication combined with a similar level of education have less than 10% female workers. A dare every one to find one exception. 4:00 "you don´t see female commercial pilots on TV or movies"... well that is false. They are far more common on TV and movies than in real life. Of cause, this is more so true about military pilots for the simple reason military pilots is more prevalent in movies. I bet that more people have heard about Emilia Earhart than Lindbergh. 4:18 "about young boys pilot was the second most common carer chose" Well yes, but you don´t chose a profession before you are in your late teens. And it normally change quite a bit between a 6 year old and a 16 year old. This is a stupid statment. Just find anything that have correlation en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation_does_not_imply_causation 4:50 "a position that was not open in most countrys..." Well, firstly this is wrong. Military pilots was actually in many country's the first position that was available for women, Actually military transports pilot have been open to women since the 1940-tys in the USA, and fighter/bomber pilots since 1977. Assuming that the fighter pilot was 18 when enlisted in 1977 she would be 57 years no, and actually quite close to retirement. This argument is also stupid because a military transport pilot would be far more suitable to be a commercial pilot than a fighter pilot would. Thirdly the amount of military pilots that become commercial pilots its since the 90-tys fairly low. It was really back in the 50-tys and 60-tys that the bulk of commercial pilots was from a military background. Now its quite rare. Its not correct that 1993 was the first year that it was permitted for a women to become a combat pilot. This was the year of the first actually female fighter pilot. And there was actual female helicopter pilot prior to 1993. (the first US Army female helicopter pilot was already back in 1974) The military angle is mostly bullshit. There is not that high of a flow of military pilots to the commercial sector. According to FAA stats in 1970 there was 70% of commercial pilots with military training, in 2001 there was down to 40%. I can´t find any newer stats, but if the trend continues its probably down to 10-30%. Around 80% not having military training This statement is also stupid for a other reason. The percentage of private female pilots is actually higher than the number of commercial pilots. So its rather the opposite is true. More percentage female than men take private lessons and don´t end up as commercial pilots. This is clearly not the reason behind the low number of female pilots. Well if investing the dollas on education to be more profitably would attract females, then i would think that the number of females in gender studies would be very low. Again, we see the exact opposite. This is also true for most engineering field. While most engineering education cost about the same and still some engineering careers have a lot higher wages, females actually tend to attract to the engineering field that have the lowest wages. The reason for this have nothing to do with women, but more with people. When choicing a education most people tend to prefer the most popular or the easiest one. This make a surplus of some types of engineers, driving there salaries down. While a actually very few people select education due to salaries, and the once that do that is mostly men. So again, we see the absolute opposite that is described in the video. Fact is that Pilot is a high wages job, cherypicking a position with low wages don´t make it untrue. Like most jobs, the initial wages are very low but its generally increase quite rapidly. Most complicated job have a traini job initially, and you may get twice or even three times the wages after just 2 or 3 years. This is not unique to just pilots, but applies to almost all high education work. There is nothing in the argument to put the bill your self that would make it less likely for a women to be a pilot than men. The men have to do it just as much. This argument just hold water if you have the assumption that women don´t like to pay the bill. Can also say where i live there is a 5-10 year block for military pilots to be commercial pilots. While we have quite a few military pilots per capita, the amount of military pilots in commercial aviation is even less than in the US. Still female pilots is just as rare.

I figured this was gonna be another video blaming the "horrific, sexist, white male" for all that's wrong in the world today but I was pleasantly surprised. Nothing but facts man, great video.

I would put it down to socialisation at home. Too many girls are brought up to want something as unrealistic as a 'princess' rather than something that could be potentially realistic such as a pilot. Parents typically do not buy car and plane toys for little girls (i am saying typically, some do, mine did). Also, it's still not seen acceptable for women to have careers that would keep them away from husband, home and kids for too long (many years ago, an air stewardess had to be unmarried to get the job). I had a fighter pilot Cindy doll when I was young and she was my favourite!

This is my new favourite channel!!

there seems to be a similar situation with engineering, my old employer went out of it way to try and get girls into engineering yet they just didn't want to do it.... may because it was just boring?

So, I guess, that lower reflex speed and clumsier motor functions are not in the equation, eh..?

NEWS FLASH ...women and men pursue DIFFERENT careers because men and women are DIFFERENT which is a GOOD thing ....Please beta boy .NO ONE is STOPPING WOMEN

Women could fly NONcombat aircraft in the USAF before 1993. Which is more like a commercial aircraft? A converted DC-10 or an F-16?

I don't see why this question requires 7 minutes talking, just women don't want to be pilots...

Female airline pilots are certainly rare, but I was once on a regional flight where both the captain and first officer were female.

As a child I never considered that being a Pilot was a legitimate career option since the flying hero Superman was a Man, and every pilot I saw at airports were tall men with the caps, glasses and pants while the hosties were all females. Not until late High school did I finally realise that what I wanted wasn't just a fantasy. Then again-- as a child the world seems so much bigger and wondrous without the understanding of what jobs were ect.

I flew from Salt Lake City to Chicago on a Frontier Airlines flight and we had an all female crew. It was an awesome experience. I even got a picture with the captain.

Girls like doing girl stuff and boys like doing boy stuff. Flying a plane is simply boy stuff. Don't ask me why but I think most people would agree there are alot more boys like operating vehicles than girls.

3:05 So you call this not sexist? Interesting.

Also as a construction worker my employer hired a female worker without a second thought. However this was a mistake as the female employee underperformed on every level, complained about the slightest task, couldn’t carry half of what the males would, and to top that off said that the job was too hard and that she wanted to go home early. So we hired another female to the same result. Both quit because the job was too tough

0.50 - "Which means, just over 93% of all pilots in 2011 were men" Correction, "just over 93% of all pilots in the U.S were men" Thanks for a otherwise great show

so women dont want to............

this channel is legit. (UH-60 pilot, male obviously)

As a senior check airman with > 3 decades at a major US airline, I'm more frequently asked: "Why are there SO MANY female airline pilots?" The travelling pilot doesn't notice the dearth of females flying cargo in recips or among the bush pilot ranks because they never see them. Yes, it's true that, compared with the ratio of male commercial pilots, a higher percentage sit in the more glamorous and highest paying cockpits. The answer can be summed up in two words: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

Back then: Woman: I wanna be a pilot! Men: Stay in the kitchen! Today: Men: We need you to become a pilot! Woman: Why bother...

Just look at the picture at 5:01 and tell me: "Yeah, I would feel perfectly safe in having that woman fly me over the Atlantic Ocean." -- That's also one factor...

Women can't even drive and you want them to fly, are you crazy????

"93% of private pilot licenses are held by men; so why are so few women commercial pilots?"

I have a female cousin who is in flight school right now. She wants to be a commercial pilot. So proud of her. I sent her the link to they story.

maybe because they cant Drive ?

You forgot a few things: 1) High levels of radiation at altitude, higher than nulcear plant workers are allowed to be exposed to. Radiation is considred more dangerous to women as they pass on issues to their children. 2) Women on average have a higher white to grey brain cells than men, this makes them more intelligent on average at social tasks, but poorer at spacial awareness tasks such as landing a plane. This is where the stereotype of women crashing cars comes from, as they are more likely to misjudge a distance. 3) Men are much better at multi-tasking, a test for this was produced specifically for military pilots, and involves keeping track of many things at once, and on average women tend to be much weaker in this field, which of course is a contradiction to the traditional stereotype. (a stereotype likely formed because of their superior social intelligence, which allows them to converse with much less concentration, whilst doing other tasks) 4) Similar to the previous point, men are also able to concentrate harder and stay on task more easily. They also are much less capable of emotion, which hinders pilot decisions. There are a few reasons women are better as pilots of course, namely they are more responsible and less likely to drink and do drugs or commit suicide to name but a few, but they do not outweigh the downsides. Certainly there should be no law stopping women pilots, as averages are just that, they are simply much less likely to pass. The interest factor is definitely duplicitous on your end, as girls are more interested in faces, and boys in mechanisms, entirely devoid of social pressure, and the more equal the society, the more they gravitate to separate fields.

They've had female Naval Aviators since the 74, and female USAF pilots since 1976. Col. Eileen Collins saw action in 1983 over Grenada while flying a C-141 transport, although technically not considered combat. Col. Collins was selected as an astronaut in 1990, and flew 4 shuttle missions. Two as pilot, two more as Commander.

It's a man's job, for fuck sake. Anyone with common sense knows that. But in this politically correct world, we now need token statistics. "Hi. This is Barbara, your emotionally unstable pilot for the day. Incidentally, I know nothing about engineering and I'm feeling moody. Welcome aboard". Anyone's knuckles getting white with fear?

Being a pitlot makes such a problem to become a mother.

As a kid I wanted to be a pilot. But then found out I’m actually pretty blind without glasses...

Women being able to be fighter pilots was probably a very small reason. Consider that you want fighter pilots to be your astronauts, what you want for commercial pilots are heavy pilots.

Remember Captain Sullenberger was quoted as saying at the moment he would not recommend a career as a commercial pilot to his children and knows no other pilot that has either.

I am an airline pilot. I love flying with women. Because of the unjust perception by the public, most women feel they need to be more professional and skilled than their men counterparts. It's sad, but the end result is that most women pilots are excellent.

Ive seen weird pilots in my life. - Panama, a pilot comes into a small chruch and says in spanish: god don't let this plane fall, I leave it in your hands. - Turkey, a pilot comes from the small mosque in ataturk airport saying: allahu akbar... - Paris, a black tall woman pilot confidently comes with a smaller woman copilot, 2 people leave... wat, why?

The majority of women wouldn't be comfortable being a pilot. The majority of men wouldn't be comfortable being a pilot. Those who do should be given an equal chance of realising their potential. The above should be stating the obvious. The most valid reason for this video is to establish why that so far into the 21st Century the gender imbalance is so high - despite many laws around the world strongly suggesting this shouldn't be the case. I don't know much about the aviation industry, but I'm still impressed with the delivery and amount of tangible content in a video lasting less than seven minutes.

7 minutes to say women don't usually want to be pilots but first let's inject some shoddy digs at some buzzwords like sexism first. You guys are better than that.

Its good that we now have equality of opportunity in this field. If a woman wants to become a pilot she can. This is what we should be striving for.

Who cares as long as there is no hindrance if a female desires to do this job and there is no discrimination..let people choose their own occupations

"leg up on the competition" haha

A major factor as to why young women are not interested in becoming pilots is that women tend to be oriented to people rather things, and flying an aircraft is very thing-oriented.