Hired at Comair with 50 Multi!

[8HourPilot]

Could very well have been a flow through agreement with a university, as I know we have one. One of the finest pilots I know is a woman, nowadays it not your qualifications, it is who you know, like it or not.

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

Could very well have been a flow through agreement with a university, as I know we have one. One of the finest pilots I know is a woman, nowadays it not your qualifications, it is who you know, like it or not.

So it is true, Westcott is a woman underneath it all?

 

[English]

To add to Standby 1's perspective....


Imagine being a pilot and being told the following;

1) "I really want to hire you for this corporate FO position, but I need to check with my wife first and make sure it's okay that I hire a girl, since we will be spending so much time together."

2) "You're the pilot?" (as passenger turns as white as a sheet before reluctantly getting on the plane).

3) From dispatch "The customer cancelled the charter when I told him you are a female pilot".

4) From a captain at a regional airline "Can I take some pictures of you?"

5) "I'd like to hire you, but the boss says that women don't fit the image we are trying to build at our company."


While women may have an advantage in some positions, they definitely are at a disadvantage in others.

 

[shroomwell]

I wouldn't want to make any judgements until I know the facts.

1. What is the average hours of males and females who get interviews.

2. What is the percentage of males and females interviewed who get jobs.

Anybody out there work in HR or have any idea where to get the numbers.

 

[Rottweiller]

The worst thing about female pilots is that somewhere there is an empty kitchen and possibly a man coming home to no hot meal!

 

[FlyComAirJets]

I have never been so proud to work here in my entire life.

 

[210FR8DOG]

I know a female who interviewed with Mesa the same day I did and she was HOT!!! I don't know what her times were exactly buy she did not get the job offer.

 

[labbats]

I don't know if we can trust your judgement on what is hot or not. You've been flying night cargo far too long!

 

[General Lee]

Hey, I even called her up and the first thing she said to me was "Your Furloughed pilots are NOT welcome here---unless they get 200 multi too and then resign their numbers!!!!! Those are the rules!!!"

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[Whirlwind]

Not me, but a freight pilot I worked with who was flying a Caravan. Hired by Comair, get this now... pending reaching 200 multi. This pilot was given this job offer in writing.

When SHE and her 36C's finally reached 200 multi SHE was given a class date and started the next month.

Hire the best qualified, regardless.

Fly Safe

How do you know she isn't a kick butt good pilot?

I've flown with both good and bad female pilots, just like I've flown with good and bad male pilots.

One female pilot I know of has tits about that size, and yes she has been offered several jobs based on her reputation as a very good pilot.

Fly Safe!

 

[shroomwell]

I don't think anybody questioned her flying skills. I think the orginal poster meant that she received an interview at those low times, when he can't get one with twice the experience. For all I know she could have come from a bridge program, aren't there plenty of guys who get hired with those qualifications as well.

 

[Rythm3]

Hey, I even called her up and the first thing she said to me was "Your Furloughed pilots are NOT welcome here---unless they get 200 multi too and then resign their numbers!!!!! Those are the rules!!!"

Bye Bye--General Lee

Am I missing something here, but shouldn't every Delta pilot have 200 multi already?

 

[Whirlwind]

I don't think anybody questioned her flying skills.

Fair enough, I must have misread that into the original post.

I think the orginal poster meant that she received an interview at those low times, when he can't get one with twice the experience.

Perhaps she knows the right person? These days, it isn't what you know, but who you know, that really matters.

I know one good looking female pilot who is on her third instructing job, because she doesn't know how to network and meet people. I know a number of male pilots who have the same problem.

I read posts from people complaining about not getting any replies, and I wonder what they are doing to make contacts. Sending out mass resumes can work, but it might be more useful to simply get to know the right people.

Fly Safe!

 

[350DRIVER]

Not meant to start a flame war...but we live in a man's world. I wouldn't trade being a male in this profession to be a female in it, and I doubt any of you would. I see only a handful of women at my airline, and any woman who attempts a career in this industry has far greater battles to fight than I ever did to get here.

Great post. I had to quote that. I could not have said it any better even if I wanted to. I have only had to fly with a few female pilots and thankfully it was uneventful. There surely is a "comfortable" factor missing when it is their leg to fly.

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>> It is amazing though the extremes and things they will do to get to the interview.

 

[English]

Great post. I had to quote that. I could not have said it any better even if I wanted to. I have only had to fly with a few female pilots and thankfully it was uneventful. There surely is a "comfortable" factor missing when it is their leg to fly.

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>> It is amazing though the extremes and things they will do to get to the interview.

What? Are you serious?

 

[350DRIVER]

What? Are you serious?

It has just been my personal experience(s) and a few that I have spoken to. From this thread apparently a few on this board also share those same beliefs.

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[General Lee]

Rythm3,

Yes. I was joking.

Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[fyeo777]

Come on guys! Lets fall back on that old standby that has worked and entertained us for years to explain this situation


"What do you expect to happen when United is not hiring"


Sorry, could not resist

 

[MYFpilot]

Dude looks like a lady

You can always have a sex change if you want.

Funny you mention it, I know of one flight instructor who did exactly that.

Shim, Shim!!

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

When SHE and her 36C's finally reached 200 multi SHE was given a class date and started the next month.


this trend of hiring women simply for walking through the door, regardless of how they stack up to others as pilots is out of hand.

Sounds to me like she stacked just fine.