Are women pilots 8 times safer than men?

[Ailerongirl]

-No, just 8 times more likely to get a job then a man.

Meow!

 

[100LL... Again!]

Also, the more a woman loks like a man, the better pilot she is.

j/k

 

[English]

Also, the more a woman loks like a man, the better pilot she is.

j/k

Also, the more a man looks like a woman, the better pilot he is.

j/k

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Does that mean the best pilots are all named Pat?

 

[FracCapt]

I can only speak from personal experience and I'll give credit where credit is due. 1>Flying into LAX during rush hours, the PF (female pilot) after multiple runway changes turned the wrong way and would have landed on the wrong runway had I not intervened. 2>Climbing out of JFK and given an intermediate level off at FL 200, the PF (female pilot) blew through her altitude and I had to intervene. 3> Cleared for the visual into CVG landing north the PF (female pilot) was high and fast and I had to intervene.

To be fair....I've had all of those things happen with MALE FO's numerous times. Not the same airports, but same situations. I have also had those things happen with FEMALE FO's. IMO, it doesn't happen any more frequently based on gender....it's based on overall experience.

 

[FracCapt]

For what it's worth, it has been my observation that women generally are calmer in the cockpit. Men seem to get all uptight about the littlest things! I never have been able to figure that out...

In my opinion, that depends more on their personality than anything. There are those from both genders that get bent out of shape at the slightest thing, and those that are extremely laid back regardless of what's going on. I've flown with both types from both genders.

The way I look at it is.....if it's somebody that is competent as a pilot, and I can stand to spend all the time together in the cockpit for a trip.....I don't care who I fly with. I do, however, have to be on my best behavior with flying with female pilots. What can I say....I'm a pig...and I like to say what's on my mind(usually pointing out nice attributes) regarding women..

 

[FracCapt]

I can laugh with what you are saying. Not because I am sexist, but because I think Andrew Dice Clay is funny.

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Hickory, dickory, dock...This bit......oh, you know the rest...

 

[Texasskicker]

Ask the folks over at SWA about this

Heard they have a tranny in the cockpit over at Southwest.

Wonder how they all feel about this topic?

...it was a big ol' mess, sheena was a man....

 

[dlfly1]

Another Empty Kitchen Says An Old Flyin Friend,,,,

 

[nosehair]

No, not quite nosehair.

It just means that of all the pilot certificates 4.7% are held by women,

and that of all employed pilots, 4.2% are women

There's a couple of crucial pieces of data missing which would be needed to determine what percentage of all women pilots are employed.

If I have to guess, I would say that the percentage is approximately the same as it is for men, the percentage of all pilots who are women, is very close to the percentace of employed pilots who are women. Seems like the proportions carry through.

Right, A Squared, thanks, I needed that. What was I thinking? Seems the blood just rushes from my brain when we are on this subject.
However, in regards to your "if I have to guess", I seem to see quite a bit more female commercial pilots these days than in times before, yet I still don't see female pilots just coming out to the airport, hangin' around, maybe renting an airplane to shoot some touch n' go's for the fun of it, or especially, owning an airplane just so you can polish it and play with it. You see any of that?

 

[AV1ATRX]

Yeah, but Nosehair, aren't you the Chief Flight Instructor at a 141 flight school? If I'm thinking correctly, at the flight school where you work, there is very little flying outside of the school, or even none, so you wouldn't see pleasure pilots.

I know many female pleasure pilots. I'm not arguing with the information that was posted, I'm just saying that I know they are out there. And I know a fair amount that hold advanced certifcates and ratings who do not fly for a living, which is what those numbers seem to be based on.

Of course, I'm also amazed at how many women are currently flying for the airlines. In my limited experience, I've seen more female airline pilots than corporate pilots. I would like to see a breakdown of numbers in each category of professional flying.

 

[English]

yet I still don't see female pilots just coming out to the airport, hangin' around, maybe renting an airplane to shoot some touch n' go's for the fun of it, or especially, owning an airplane just so you can polish it and play with it. You see any of that?

Come out to SoCal, you'll see plenty. I owned my own aircraft, a Hawk XP, for two years before I had to sell it after 9/11. I'll be buying another plane, probably a Cub, next year. And, although I am employed with a full time job, I fly a little Cessna two times a month on the side.

 

[Ailerongirl]

yet I still don't see female pilots just coming out to the airport, hangin' around,

Hmmm...maybe this mentality was why I was looked at as though I had two heads when I went to go hang out at the local FBO this weekend.

 

[A Squared]

Right, A Squared, thanks, I needed that. What was I thinking? Seems the blood just rushes from my brain when we are on this subject.
However, in regards to your "if I have to guess", I seem to see quite a bit more female commercial pilots these days than in times before, yet I still don't see female pilots just coming out to the airport, hangin' around, maybe renting an airplane to shoot some touch n' go's for the fun of it, or especially, owning an airplane just so you can polish it and play with it. You see any of that?

well, I see a fair amount of it, but then my partner owns and maintains 2 airplanes of her own. I'm not sure that my experience is typical.

 

[Indigo]

In my limited experience, I've seen more female airline pilots than corporate pilots. I would like to see a breakdown of numbers in each category of professional flying.

I am curious too. I'm a female charter pilot and judging by the voices I hear on the radio the percentage of female airline pilots is way more than the percentage of charter/corporate/fractional pilots.

 

[TonyC]

I've done my own little unscientific study and found women pilots to only be 7.5 times safer than men, but I guess it's ok to round up to the next whole number.



Interestingly, I also found men pilots are 13 times more likely to be distracted while flying with women pilots. (OK, OK, I rounded from 12.6, gimme some slack, willya!?!)








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[brillig17]

I think the issue is not that the stats in themselves are wrong, but that male pilots tend to have more accidents at the lower experience levels. I would contend that male pilots push the envelope during that first 1000 or so hours, but, if they survive that, they come out the stronger pilots due to having experienced things that you can only experience by scaring yourself. At that point, the female pilots tend to have more book knowledge and less actual experience of unusual situation.