Are there many female pilots? How does it work with family life? These are some of the questions I try and tackle in this podcast. Stay tuned to the end and enjoy!
In the early 1970's my dad was trying to preflight and load his Cherokee 6 on a dark ramp with no light. All he had was a little flashlight. There were no ramp lights at all. I was no help because I was just a baby! A 727 parked on the ramp and the Boeing pilot turned on HER landing lights. It was a huge help to my dad who called to thank the pilot. He was surprised and pleased to hear a female voice! I can't remember her name, but dad had just read about her in one of his aviation magazines. He asked and it was indeed the first woman airline pilot hired in the US.
About that time, respected US aviation writer Robert Serling (Rod's brother) wrote his novel "She'll Never Get Off The Ground". The protagonist, Dudney Amelia Devlin, daughter of a recently-deceased Alaskan bush pilot, applied to an LA-based airline to fly 737s - presumably the -200 and its Advanced version. Overcoming much prejudice all around, she won her wings and flew flawlessly for 8 months. Her career started to falter after she fell in love with a widowed captain. Try as she might to avoid flying with him - and she was adamant about it - they ended up flying together on her birthday. A crazed passenger shot the captain, forcing her to land at a fog-choked airport, below minimums, and with the only 737 in her airline's fleet not CAT II equipped, before he bled to death. Worst of all, she messed up the landing, and lost her job.
I have no problem with female pilots. But I do have a problem with quotas. So basically, let all compete for the available spots and may the best qualified candidates get the job......REGARDLESS of whether they are male, female, white, brown, Christian, Jewish etc. etc. etc.
I agree with this, and using quotas to force the statistics to make diversity better isn't the correct solution. Making the job appealing to women (for example, using imagery of women in the cockpit) is the correct solution however.
I was of this opinion too. However, in a world where many discriminatory biases are a reality (even subconsciously), quotas are a tool to force employers to hire the qualified women that would otherwise be unnoticed due to those biases, thus levelling the playing field.
Thanks so much for addressing this issue. If I had to do it all over again I'd apply to flight schools when I was in my 20's. Ever since I vacationed in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and learned about the Wright Brothers , I became hooked on learning about aviation. Unfortunately I grew up in the 60's & 70's with the mindset that a pilot had to b a fighter pilot from a military capacity, so I was out! Lol! It is a pleasure watching all your podcasts. I love all of them. I watch Captain Joe too and a few others. Do a podcast on all the flaps levels and the different situations they are used in. Thanks again ✈️✈️✈️✈️ Kathy
Being a commercial pilot has been my dream since i was like 3 or 4. I know it is difficult for a female to be a commercial pilot but i would love to achive my goal. I think what matters is that you don't give up and try again until you succeed nothing in this world is impossible. Thanks for you informative videos they are very helpful. You gained a subscriber
Hello Captain, I recently found your channel.. its amazing and very motivating. I am a female pilot from Pakistan. After all the tough years I have finally found my way to an airline, and my training will start very soon.. It would be great if you could give some tips to me as I'm going to be a novice in the airline industry, thanks a bunch, love your channel, love flying, take care
It's now the first time i comment on a video of yours, but not the first time i watched your channel, and definitely not the first time I listen to every piece of advice you give here. I recently got rejected from becoming a pilot on which i prepared for years (one of the hardest ways possible where i live, cant explain about it much though), do to lacking of ability. BUT as I am now in a period of time in which i ask myself if there is a way of pulling myself together and get on course again I've stumbled on your channel. I recently decided that I would like to become a commercial airline pilot, and not let the dream i want to achieve dissappear from my reach. I really appreciate what you are doing. Thanks a lot, dominik. Pilot giving advice to enthusiasts- You're doing it right!
as a corporate lady flyer, this is what it boils down to: if you can conceive the dream of flying, then you will do it. will it be easy, no. nothing worth while in life is easy. will it effect my social life: yes (to a certain degree) I remember studying for my ATP, my girlfriends got so sick of seeing me always buried in the syllabus, they got me dressed on a Saturday night and brought me to a club. yes, I did take the book with me, it was important. at the end of the night i did manage two dances😊 Remember, there is one word a Latina cannot resist: bachata💖 do I need a college degree: yes, well worth the flatter. is it expensive: do some research and find the flight school that best suits your needs. this question I get all the time: was it worth it? to which I give the same answer: oh hell, yeah! good luck, blessings from the Sunshine State. mis amigos, suerte y bendiciones desde El Estado del Sol. tailwinds, Ava💖
As an amputee, I live by, "If you think you can't, you won't." I have hiked hikes that even able bodied hikers can't do, and I'm missing a leg! I believe everyone should succeed to do something that anyone with any sense would consider impossible. It gives you a great deal of confidence and it proves that all the people with sense don't know as much as they think they know.
Hey so I’m looking into the field and have some questions That are more related to females, could we talk a little on email or dm somewhere? Thanks :))
Thanks for all your podcasts, I have been looking for videos about aviation for a while... I am so happy to have finally found yours ! Good quality, lots of subjects... Congrats, it's a success !
The last 3 times I went on a plane, the captain was a woman so it is definitely possible to become a captain on an Airbus A320 being a girl. I also think it's sad that there is too few women doing this job. They have a different way of thinking and a different way of seeing things that can be very positive in this industry. By the way, thanks again for this new video ! Liked and shared.
What a level-headed video! You are a kind person and your commitment to being a teacher really shines through. I hope we get more female pilots as the years pass. There's so much in human culture that subtly stifles female ambitions, or perverts them into more acceptably "feminine" ambitions. I don't get to fly very often--it's a rare treat for me!--and I've always hoped the day would come that I fly under a female captain. I've flown under a female first officer once, but so far that's it. =[
I am all for woman joining the aviation world. But It's not inequality if not as many women want to be pilots. It can't be 50% men and 50% women. That is if a lot of women just don't want to be pilots. Don't get me wrong. I'm just saying I would fly with either gender but I haven't met a lot of women that want to fly.
@Mentour: this video has got new importance after the Southwest 1380 case. Due respect to Cpt. T. J. Shults and 1st officer D. Ellisor and all the people who took part in saving lifes there. One completely different thing: this is your second video I see where you tell about the ideal pilot character and refer a "Chuck Yeager style". I know a bit but not too much on him. Was he a special talent or personality? What I've read about him was decripted him as a straightforward, very honest and diligent fighter pilot but not a kind of superhero. How do you see him?
To all those people saying that it's not necessary to promote female pilots; you don't get what the problem is. The problem is that girls grow up and learn to dream about becomming princesses or schoolteachers and that is because there still is this idea that if you want to become a great train driver or a pilot or a fire fighter you are going to be a strong man with a uniform. If the stereotype would be that you could become a smart person, female or male, there would be more female pilots, solely due to the fact that girls grow up with the idea that they CAN become pilots and that that is a completely normal job for a woman. Think about docters for example; it used to be only men but now there is a stereotype of a smart and kind docter with a white uniform, either female or male. As a result, the docter dream exists equally for boys and girls. These are cases where normal non-extreme feminism results in normal non-extreme feminist job stereotypes which leads to normal non-extreme feminist work environments. I think the message that MenTour is trying to say is that this has nothing to do with female pilots being needed because they are better at flying airplanes but with female pilots being needed simply because in modern day society, both men and women have the same chances of becomming a pilot.
But what if men and women *in general* have different interests? If say 5% of men want to be pilots & 1% of women want to be pilots should the airlines accept *every* single female applicant and only the best 20% of male applicants?
I'm browsing your backlist June 2022. Going through statistics on pilot/ aviation sites and on Wikipedia the situation has improved somewhat, mostly locally/ nationally. All in all there's still a lot to do!
What I got from this video is he is saying the stereotype of an airline pilot doesn’t need to be the older gentleman with the graying hair. Anyone who can pass ALL the tests/requirements is welcome. Be it male or female. So to get out of older stereotypes he’s encouraging females to step up IF they want to. Agreed that PHYSICALLY females generally have less strength but he clearly said that this shouldn’t be an issue for this job/career. Now, being a female firefighter would be much harder physically so it would be understandable if they aren’t able to pass the requirements. Of course there is always much to discuss regarding females entering traditional male dominated careers this is just my one opinion made.
i really like this job! but as you said the biggest problem is the family life,so i wanted to ask you how many days a week for example do you stay away from home? like do you get the chance to set with your family? and how many years it takes to become a captin?please answer you are my only hope !!!
Boshra Moustafa Your family would suffer. Physiologically speaking, a child can be fine without a father always present, but not their mother. It also depends on the age of the children.
what's the issue? they only need apply and pass the tests. how many do that is up to them, nobody needs to do anything. So here is a question: You say the ratio of females to males in piloting is not 'where it should be'. Where should it be? And what's your argument for it being that way? Because to me that sounds like a whole heap of nonsense. We need good pilots, not female pilots or male pilots or at least 25% pilots need to be gay. What's the issue with those ridiculous demands? If women want to become pilots then let them? Gender equality isn't about forcing any particular job to be 50% done by males and females respectively. It's about giving everyone the equal chance to do those jobs. I don't want to be sterotypical, but it's just a fact that men and women are not equal, neither physiological, nor psychological. That's why women prefer to do less risky jobs while men do more risky, better paid jobs or to take initiative and want leadership. The same debate goes for firefighters, most types of engineers, military, police, etc etc etc. But strangely enough no one seems to complain about the lack of men as nurses in hospitals or as attendants in child care taking facilities. And that's because a minority of women want the payment equality, but they would rather spend their time complaining instead of doing the same jobs as men, which they don't want but could do if they'd just apply for them.
I don't have anything against anyone following their ambitions but why does it matter if a given career path is more popular with one gender? In 2016 I was involved in an accident and during the resulting stay in hospital most of the medical staff I met including three physiotherapist's were women. It did not matter. All I wanted was to get well and they helped me do that.
With flying specifically, I'd say it's because women have a different way of thinking, reacting and solving. So that diversity in the cockpit is also better regarding safety.
I don’t care whether man or woman is flying my flight. The one and only thing I care about is whether the pilot is eligible. That’s it. I am 100% in favor of equal rights but please don’t get me wrong. It doesn’t mean we should force women to become a pi”ots if they just don’t want it.
I love this channel and enjoy every video very inspiring, this video specifically brought a question to my mind about female pilots which is if a female pilot gets pregnant cause her to lose her job or are there airlines willing to bare with the situation until she is ready to fly again..?
Am glad you cleared that question for me am pleased to know there are countries that highly regard female pilots and exercise gender equality which i can rather say is a problem in some continents like Africa.
i fly delta a lot and i often go up and say hi to the pilots before or after the flight and only once or twice has a female pilot been up there and even then i have only seen them as first officers
I wanted to be a pilot when I was younger. Are the requirements for female pilots different from the requirements for male pilots (I'm not talking about anything specific, just the general requirements)? I was born and raised in Upstate New York (north part of New York State, does not include the New York City suburbs, Westchester County, or Poughkeepsie). How are the requirements for pilots in the U.S. the same as the requirements for pilots in the UK? How are they different (again, I'm just talking about the general requirements, nothing specific)? I'm thinking about becoming a flight attendant now, though. Do you know anything about the requirements for that, too?
I know a female cargo pilot (F/O for Air France cargo, she's like 20 rn!) and the youngest captain in my country's flag carrier airline (Avianca) is a woman (She was 27 when she got her 4th stripe)
Its funny how fighting "stereotypes" you actualy evoke or create ones. It looks like fighting gender stereotypes and helping opposite gender it the only thing still available only for men.
@@antheiheiant 1. In this movie guy is talking about gender stereotypes, namely stereotype which says that "woman can't be a pilot". There acctualy is no such stereotype. The only source of that kind of stereotypes are such a movies like this one, they supposedly fight stereotypes but acctualy thay create them.
@@antheiheiant 2. Nowadays woman can be whatever thay want to, and do what they want, be doctor, lawyer, president; do sports, fight, wage wars; the only things thay can't are: be gentle(wo)man, white knight, demonstrate chivalry, or be "masculinist". If any woman would try to defend men, help men, fight for thair rights, she would be Lynched.
It was my childhood dream to be a pilot. ✈️ if you are able to answer..... Do you live in the uk ? I'm in the uk ... Which airline do you work for? Keep up the great work
***** I was right on one and you don't discuss the other, which of course is entirely reasonable. Mind you, one of your recent vids had you sitting in what looked like a terminal surrounded by Ryanair planes outside, lol. Note I'm not at all being critical, of course you can choose not to comment on that. Having spent my working life in the corporate world, there are perfectly good reasons (and not at all 'suspect') as to why that would be the case. Still enjoying the vids. Cheers
I think it comes down to training. I think Men probably naturally have better reaction time. But then you have that female Southwest pilot that did an excellent job.
Oh course they're different. Different way of seeing things, handling things, solving things etc.... We need more diversity like that in the cockpit. It makes flying safer.
Petter, have you ever flown with a female pilot, either as a captain or as a co pilot? it is as you saaid in this video a shame that the airline industry is not as diverse as other industries.
Hi,my name is Nabina .I'm from Bangladesh. Now I live in usa. My grade is 10th. My dreams I want to be a pilots or I know it's hard but I want to do this. I have questions for you I hope you answer it. I want to be a pilot or my family have to rich or I don't have enough money for pilot education what I should to do .I stopped my dreams or successful my dreams. Please answer my question. I'm extremely sorry for if there any mistakes
The often heard stereotype that 'women are emotional, men are rational and calm' just doesn't hold water - just observe what is happening in the world. Politics gives us plenty of examples of irrational male behavior..
i flyed once in a Lufthansa Canadair jet from Frankfurt two basel switzerland bouth pilot and Copilot where women. I saw Videos from women pilots at lufthansas a380 and 747-8
I think it's mostly that there overall isn't that much representation for female pilots and so the profession may not even seem as a possibility or a desire for some women.
We're running out of male pilots that are willing to take up spots of former pilots, so the airline industry needs to hire female pilots to take up places of former pilots.
Let me tell you. It's sad that the job pilot is rarely every marketed towards women. It's sad that women on the flightdeck are at a higher risk of sexual assault or other advances. It's sad that no matter how qualified you are, everyone will always trust your less qualified male colleague more. It's sad that everyone has all these negative preconceptions about female pilots, when statistically speaking, they're safer than male pilots. Do I go on?
Okay, So this is a very simple topic women are better nurtures for children correct, better then men at caretaking in general. Men have better motor skills and typically are more inventive and intelligent. That's not supposed to be offensive. People have to stop being butt hurt over the reality of life.
@Mentour Pilot Oh for goodness sake don't be so arrogant responding to one of the comments. You cannot deny that the guy is speaking a lot of truth regarding the alarmingly lower Caucasian birthrate nowadays and on a seperate issue and particularly relevent issue with regards to the subject matter, the immense harm it does to children's wellbeing and development (when under 5yrs old in particular) to have a largely absent MOTHER (absent fathers, not quite as much!) A women cannot be a full-time e.g. airline pilot and be a good mother to her young children. That is the uncomfortable truth. Before you give me any hate / sarcasm, I am an teenage girl who has amost finished PPL training, onto ATPL exams next and would not have chosen this career if I wanted a family because I accept that it would not work. Let me tell you, I used to work at a nursery in tge UK and it was heartbreaking seeing anxious young children (including BABIES just over 3 months old for f*ck sake) being dumped in the daycare each morning because mummy chose to go to work, and I wouldn't wish this on any child. More 'modern' women need to understand that life is about compromise and you can't 'have your cake and eat it', so to speak. Here's a thought, if you're an airline pilot, your passengers won't give a sh*t about how well you did your job on a day to day basis (apart from 'saving the day' during extremely rare emergency) 50 years from now, but your children will ALWAYS remember how well you cared for, loved them and did your most important job ever, as a mother. . . Just wanted to say my bit on this as an almost qualified (hehe😆) female pilot before you throw the 'sexist' or 'woman-hater' 'stuck in the 1950's' label at me. Now, back to Nav revision with that damn CRP-5 😥🛩
Chaotic Peace i mean, sexuality has nothing to do with the career. Gay/straight/bi or whatever. I don’t know about depression though, from what I understand they’re multiple tests for your health both physical and mental, and its easy to not have an operuntiy into the field for that reason. If you’re looking into being a pilot, its reccomended that after a “trail first lesson” you get checked medically, so that if you cannot, you havent waisted money on multiple training sessions or classes. As for a flight attendant i dont think it matters much. Same as for an airline worker who works ticketing or gates.
I've loved your videos up until now, but this video is WAY off base. We shouldn't be choosing pilots based off their genitalia. We should be choosing them based off qualifications. If that means there's more male pilots then so be it. If that means there's more female pilots, then so be it. If that means there's only 100% of either gender, then so be it. Your video here calling for pilots simply based on their genitals is wrong and it's dangerous.
DukeOfMarshall , I am sure he is not talking selection by genitalia. He is an instructor and will make sure that only qualified men and women get chosen. He is only putting a word there encouraging intelligent and well educated women who are interested in flying to join the flying community. He is not going to waste time on the video spelling out prerequisites and requirements which are a must have. He is addressing changes taking place and the growing acceptance of women within the piloting community which can be further expedited. Just as in every other field, qualifications are still a must have for everyone.
Please google the difference between equality and equity. There would not be so little female pilots, if the equity was there. It has nothing to do with qualifications. The problem is not that less women could pass pilot tests. You are the one of base & you're completely unqualified to make such a gross comment.
You can train anyone with the basic talent and prepare them to be a pilot. However, if you choose from pilots for your airline, and base that choice on a factor OTHER than abilities and a demonstrated record of good flying, then you will end up with a bad situation, and solely because you were concerned about how it looks to have two men up front.
I think I've asked this before, i'm not quiet sure, but how can students like me who's 18 with not the best grades afford pilot training? I know there's pilot programmes like 'british airways future pilot programme' but unfortunately I don't meet the entry requirements. Are there any good loans out there what support pilot training because neither do I or my parents have £90,000+ to get on a full time course.
If your a flirt and chat up the female pilots because its so small in the flight deck does it get awkward if you were in with a ex or something ? Has that ever happened ?
Wtf? The physical strenght to become an airline pilot? ... Please, DON'T let anyone fly who asks such a question. Feeling really worried now for some reason. Meh.
It's the same with female engineers or female truck drivers and other hard jobs. You have to sacrifice a lot to do the job. You have long working hours being long time away from home, having a family is difficult, you have to do a lot of overtime and what not. Women tend to prefer the benefits of a regular job with less hours, being more often at home and so on. Men tend to accomplish something, to feel important, useful and with a higher status (which women can look up at - and they often do so). Women don't need a higher status. Men will love women even if they have not a high paid job. Yes, women and men are different and they make different choices. Nothing wrong about that. Stop trying to make everything 50/50. Norway - one of the most egalitarian countries in the world - tried it in tech field and they failed although they spend millions in campaigns and support of women (sometimes to the disadvantage of men but it didn't helped either).
I'm sure there are almost zero because the amount of trans people is extremely small. And that small amount that happen to want to be pilots would be VERY VERY small. And the amount that actually qualify to be pilots is even smaller. So you probably won't see any.
I think there still is some sort of tendency not being wanted by female does not mean no female want to be, sure some females want to! neither pilot is not `male` job. Because of tendency, it is hard to increase the rate of female pilots vs male pilots. To solve(?) it, simply fire male pilots, easy to think hard to do hehe. I hope that at least number of female pilots increases
Lein Matsumaru Please don't say something so stupid again. I hope that was a joke. There is nothing wrong with female pilots but it is unjustifiable to fire male pilots that are doing the job well just to increase the percentage of women.
i am scared when i see a woman driving a car, let alone flying a fricking plane.woman CAN but shouldnt be doing ALL male jobs... for example : an army.who was so crazy to think that military is a good profession for a woman?place of violence, guts and blood? com'on.
In the early 1970's my dad was trying to preflight and load his Cherokee 6 on a dark ramp with no light. All he had was a little flashlight. There were no ramp lights at all. I was no help because I was just a baby!
A 727 parked on the ramp and the Boeing pilot turned on HER landing lights. It was a huge help to my dad who called to thank the pilot. He was surprised and pleased to hear a female voice! I can't remember her name, but dad had just read about her in one of his aviation magazines. He asked and it was indeed the first woman airline pilot hired in the US.
About that time, respected US aviation writer Robert Serling (Rod's brother) wrote his novel "She'll Never Get Off The Ground". The protagonist, Dudney Amelia Devlin, daughter of a recently-deceased Alaskan bush pilot, applied to an LA-based airline to fly 737s - presumably the -200 and its Advanced version. Overcoming much prejudice all around, she won her wings and flew flawlessly for 8 months.
Her career started to falter after she fell in love with a widowed captain. Try as she might to avoid flying with him - and she was adamant about it - they ended up flying together on her birthday. A crazed passenger shot the captain, forcing her to land at a fog-choked airport, below minimums, and with the only 737 in her airline's fleet not CAT II equipped, before he bled to death. Worst of all, she messed up the landing, and lost her job.
I have no problem with female pilots. But I do have a problem with quotas. So basically, let all compete for the available spots and may the best qualified candidates get the job......REGARDLESS of whether they are male, female, white, brown, Christian, Jewish etc. etc. etc.
I agree with this, and using quotas to force the statistics to make diversity better isn't the correct solution. Making the job appealing to women (for example, using imagery of women in the cockpit) is the correct solution however.
Thanks.
Sure, that's the ideal world, but the problem is that they wouldn't be treated equally.
I was of this opinion too. However, in a world where many discriminatory biases are a reality (even subconsciously), quotas are a tool to force employers to hire the qualified women that would otherwise be unnoticed due to those biases, thus levelling the playing field.
Thanks so much for addressing this issue. If I had to do it all over again I'd apply to flight schools when I was in my 20's. Ever since I vacationed in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and learned about the Wright Brothers , I became hooked on learning about aviation. Unfortunately I grew up in the 60's & 70's with the mindset that a pilot had to b a fighter pilot from a military capacity, so I was out! Lol! It is a pleasure watching all your podcasts. I love all of them. I watch Captain Joe too and a few others.
Do a podcast on all the flaps levels and the different situations they are used in.
Thanks again ✈️✈️✈️✈️
Kathy
El Al hires its pilots exclusively from the Israeli Air Force.
Being a commercial pilot has been my dream since i was like 3 or 4. I know it is difficult for a female to be a commercial pilot but i would love to achive my goal. I think what matters is that you don't give up and try again until you succeed nothing in this world is impossible. Thanks for you informative videos they are very helpful. You gained a subscriber
I am a 14 year old male and its extremely difficult with my parents. Good luck!
@@diegoarpino2080 now I'm 14 and watching this video.... i hope i can do it
Hello Captain, I recently found your channel.. its amazing and very motivating. I am a female pilot from Pakistan. After all the tough years I have finally found my way to an airline, and my training will start very soon.. It would be great if you could give some tips to me as I'm going to be a novice in the airline industry,
thanks a bunch,
love your channel,
love flying,
take care
I just want to say congratulations on starting you career!
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7 years later, are you a pilot now?
It's now the first time i comment on a video of yours, but not the first time i watched your channel, and definitely not the first time I listen to every piece of advice you give here.
I recently got rejected from becoming a pilot on which i prepared for years (one of the hardest ways possible where i live, cant explain about it much though), do to lacking of ability.
BUT as I am now in a period of time in which i ask myself if there is a way of pulling myself together and get on course again I've stumbled on your channel.
I recently decided that I would like to become a commercial airline pilot, and not let the dream i want to achieve dissappear from my reach.
I really appreciate what you are doing. Thanks a lot, dominik.
Pilot giving advice to enthusiasts-
You're doing it right!
***** thank you a lot, I surely will!
as a corporate lady flyer, this is what it boils down to: if you can conceive the dream of flying, then you will do it.
will it be easy, no. nothing worth while in life is easy.
will it effect my social life: yes (to a certain degree) I remember studying for my ATP, my girlfriends got so sick of seeing me always buried in the syllabus, they got me dressed on a Saturday night and brought me to a club. yes, I did take the book with me, it was important. at the end of the night i did manage two dances😊 Remember, there is one word a Latina cannot resist: bachata💖
do I need a college degree: yes, well worth the flatter.
is it expensive: do some research and find the flight school that best suits your needs.
this question I get all the time: was it worth it? to which I give the same answer: oh hell, yeah!
good luck, blessings from the Sunshine State.
mis amigos, suerte y bendiciones desde El Estado del Sol.
tailwinds,
Ava💖
Ava Mendez Good to read that!
As an amputee, I live by, "If you think you can't, you won't."
I have hiked hikes that even able bodied hikers can't do, and I'm missing a leg! I believe everyone should succeed to do something that anyone with any sense would consider impossible. It gives you a great deal of confidence and it proves that all the people with sense don't know as much as they think they know.
Hey so I’m looking into the field and have some questions That are more related to females, could we talk a little on email or dm somewhere? Thanks :))
Thanks for all your podcasts, I have been looking for videos about aviation for a while... I am so happy to have finally found yours ! Good quality, lots of subjects... Congrats, it's a success !
The last 3 times I went on a plane, the captain was a woman so it is definitely possible to become a captain on an Airbus A320 being a girl.
I also think it's sad that there is too few women doing this job. They have a different way of thinking and a different way of seeing things that can be very positive in this industry.
By the way, thanks again for this new video ! Liked and shared.
On my last flight from Hamburg (Germany) to Tel Aviv (Israel) both the pilot and co-pilot, as well as all flight attendants were female :)
Was it El Al?
What a level-headed video! You are a kind person and your commitment to being a teacher really shines through.
I hope we get more female pilots as the years pass. There's so much in human culture that subtly stifles female ambitions, or perverts them into more acceptably "feminine" ambitions.
I don't get to fly very often--it's a rare treat for me!--and I've always hoped the day would come that I fly under a female captain. I've flown under a female first officer once, but so far that's it. =[
That day will come. There are more and more girls flying!
"perverts them"? So those women have been brainwashed by society, and you're the one who can decide what they *should* be thinking?
Wow, I come from the future (he), used to see your top quality content, it is very funny to see how your begining was.
I am all for woman joining the aviation world. But It's not inequality if not as many women want to be pilots. It can't be 50% men and 50% women. That is if a lot of women just don't want to be pilots. Don't get me wrong. I'm just saying I would fly with either gender but I haven't met a lot of women that want to fly.
That isn't the point. The problem is the inequity. Look up the difference between equality and equity.
@Mentour: this video has got new importance after the Southwest 1380 case. Due respect to Cpt. T. J. Shults and 1st officer D. Ellisor and all the people who took part in saving lifes there.
One completely different thing: this is your second video I see where you tell about the ideal pilot character and refer a "Chuck Yeager style". I know a bit but not too much on him. Was he a special talent or personality? What I've read about him was decripted him as a straightforward, very honest and diligent fighter pilot but not a kind of superhero. How do you see him?
It’s a common saying among pilots. He was seen as a hero in his day and someone who did extraordinary things, hence the saying.
To all those people saying that it's not necessary to promote female pilots; you don't get what the problem is. The problem is that girls grow up and learn to dream about becomming princesses or schoolteachers and that is because there still is this idea that if you want to become a great train driver or a pilot or a fire fighter you are going to be a strong man with a uniform. If the stereotype would be that you could become a smart person, female or male, there would be more female pilots, solely due to the fact that girls grow up with the idea that they CAN become pilots and that that is a completely normal job for a woman. Think about docters for example; it used to be only men but now there is a stereotype of a smart and kind docter with a white uniform, either female or male. As a result, the docter dream exists equally for boys and girls. These are cases where normal non-extreme feminism results in normal non-extreme feminist job stereotypes which leads to normal non-extreme feminist work environments. I think the message that MenTour is trying to say is that this has nothing to do with female pilots being needed because they are better at flying airplanes but with female pilots being needed simply because in modern day society, both men and women have the same chances of becomming a pilot.
But what if men and women *in general* have different interests? If say 5% of men want to be pilots & 1% of women want to be pilots should the airlines accept *every* single female applicant and only the best 20% of male applicants?
This is inspired me so much. Thank you so much!
I couldn't agree more, well said
I'm browsing your backlist June 2022. Going through statistics on pilot/ aviation sites and on Wikipedia the situation has improved somewhat, mostly locally/ nationally. All in all there's still a lot to do!
What I got from this video is he is saying the stereotype of an airline pilot doesn’t need to be the older gentleman with the graying hair. Anyone who can pass ALL the tests/requirements is welcome. Be it male or female. So to get out of older stereotypes he’s encouraging females to step up IF they want to.
Agreed that PHYSICALLY females generally have less strength but he clearly said that this shouldn’t be an issue for this job/career.
Now, being a female firefighter would be much harder physically so it would be understandable if they aren’t able to pass the requirements.
Of course there is always much to discuss regarding females entering traditional male dominated careers this is just my one opinion made.
Love your point of view on this topic! :)
i really like this job! but as you said the biggest problem is the family life,so i wanted to ask you how many days a week for example do you stay away from home? like do you get the chance to set with your family? and how many years it takes to become a captin?please answer you are my only hope !!!
Boshra Moustafa Your family would suffer. Physiologically speaking, a child can be fine without a father always present, but not their mother. It also depends on the age of the children.
what's the issue? they only need apply and pass the tests.
how many do that is up to them, nobody needs to do anything.
So here is a question: You say the ratio of females to males in piloting is not 'where it should be'.
Where should it be? And what's your argument for it being that way? Because to me that sounds like a whole heap of nonsense.
We need good pilots, not female pilots or male pilots or at least 25% pilots need to be gay. What's the issue with those ridiculous demands? If women want to become pilots then let them? Gender equality isn't about forcing any particular job to be 50% done by males and females respectively. It's about giving everyone the equal chance to do those jobs.
I don't want to be sterotypical, but it's just a fact that men and women are not equal, neither physiological, nor psychological. That's why women prefer to do less risky jobs while men do more risky, better paid jobs or to take initiative and want leadership.
The same debate goes for firefighters, most types of engineers, military, police, etc etc etc.
But strangely enough no one seems to complain about the lack of men as nurses in hospitals or as attendants in child care taking facilities.
And that's because a minority of women want the payment equality, but they would rather spend their time complaining instead of doing the same jobs as men, which they don't want but could do if they'd just apply for them.
I don't have anything against anyone following their ambitions but why does it matter if a given career path is more popular with one gender? In 2016 I was involved in an accident and during the resulting stay in hospital most of the medical staff I met including three physiotherapist's were women. It did not matter. All I wanted was to get well and they helped me do that.
With flying specifically, I'd say it's because women have a different way of thinking, reacting and solving. So that diversity in the cockpit is also better regarding safety.
I don’t care whether man or woman is flying my flight. The one and only thing I care about is whether the pilot is eligible. That’s it. I am 100% in favor of equal rights but please don’t get me wrong. It doesn’t mean we should force women to become a pi”ots if they just don’t want it.
The information is great and encouraging, but why is the video quality so wobbly?
I love this channel and enjoy every video very inspiring, this video specifically brought a question to my mind about female pilots which is if a female pilot gets pregnant cause her to lose her job or are there airlines willing to bare with the situation until she is ready to fly again..?
Am glad you cleared that question for me am pleased to know there are countries that highly regard female pilots and exercise gender equality which i can rather say is a problem in some continents like Africa.
i fly delta a lot and i often go up and say hi to the pilots before or after the flight and only once or twice has a female pilot been up there and even then i have only seen them as first officers
Females have the same rights as males in any jobs they choose.
Mhmm... No.
Thank you for great video again! I would like to ask you a question. Is there still any discrimination between male and female pilots in the industry?
7 years late to the party, but yes.
I wanted to be a pilot when I was younger. Are the requirements for female pilots different from the requirements for male pilots (I'm not talking about anything specific, just the general requirements)? I was born and raised in Upstate New York (north part of New York State, does not include the New York City suburbs, Westchester County, or Poughkeepsie). How are the requirements for pilots in the U.S. the same as the requirements for pilots in the UK? How are they different (again, I'm just talking about the general requirements, nothing specific)? I'm thinking about becoming a flight attendant now, though. Do you know anything about the requirements for that, too?
I know a female cargo pilot (F/O for Air France cargo, she's like 20 rn!) and the youngest captain in my country's flag carrier airline (Avianca) is a woman (She was 27 when she got her 4th stripe)
Its funny how fighting "stereotypes" you actualy evoke or create ones. It looks like fighting gender stereotypes and helping opposite gender it the only thing still available only for men.
I thought I could speak and read English fluently until I saw your comment.
@@antheiheiant 1. In this movie guy is talking about gender stereotypes, namely stereotype which says that "woman can't be a pilot". There acctualy is no such stereotype. The only source of that kind of stereotypes are such a movies like this one, they supposedly fight stereotypes but acctualy thay create them.
@@antheiheiant 2. Nowadays woman can be whatever thay want to, and do what they want, be doctor, lawyer, president; do sports, fight, wage wars; the only things thay can't are: be gentle(wo)man, white knight, demonstrate chivalry, or be "masculinist". If any woman would try to defend men, help men, fight for thair rights, she would be Lynched.
@@antheiheiant 3. What languages except english do You speak, maybe we can comunicate better in other language.
My current height is 156cm. Really I can challenge to become a pilot?
+Mentour Pilot Oh I see. Thank you for answering!!
p.s. I'm 18 so I can grow a little more😀
@@abdjdoqj do sports... its going to help u to grow
@@justmili713 already 20 and I like doing sports..ㅠㅠ
Something about pilot height. Humans are taller from generation to generation so upoer limit will probably have to change.
It was my childhood dream to be a pilot. ✈️ if you are able to answer..... Do you live in the uk ? I'm in the uk ... Which airline do you work for? Keep up the great work
+Rachel
He lives in Spain and flies for Ryanair I believe.
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I was right on one and you don't discuss the other, which of course is entirely reasonable. Mind you, one of your recent vids had you sitting in what looked like a terminal surrounded by Ryanair planes outside, lol. Note I'm not at all being critical, of course you can choose not to comment on that. Having spent my working life in the corporate world, there are perfectly good reasons (and not at all 'suspect') as to why that would be the case.
Still enjoying the vids.
Cheers
+Rachel
If it was your childhood dream then you have no reason that you shouldn't do it. So go ahead and get that dream to become reality.
Why do we need female pilots? Are they any different to male pilots? Better reaction time?
We need them because the planes need pilots. ;) I think that it really boils down to that simple fact.
I think it comes down to training. I think Men probably naturally have better reaction time. But then you have that female Southwest pilot that did an excellent job.
No. That's exactly the point. They are no more OR LESS capable than men. That's the point.
Oh course they're different. Different way of seeing things, handling things, solving things etc.... We need more diversity like that in the cockpit. It makes flying safer.
could you speak about ILS autoland in your next podcast please?
***** Thank you. I will check it out. Your videos are a real encouragement.
Petter, have you ever flown with a female pilot, either as a captain or as a co pilot? it is as you saaid in this video a shame that the airline industry is not as diverse as other industries.
When I am older I really want to be a pilot, I am currently an air cadet
Hi,my name is Nabina .I'm from Bangladesh. Now I live in usa. My grade is 10th. My dreams I want to be a pilots or I know it's hard but I want to do this. I have questions for you I hope you answer it. I want to be a pilot or my family have to rich or I don't have enough money for pilot education what I should to do .I stopped my dreams or successful my dreams. Please answer my question. I'm extremely sorry for if there any mistakes
I really want to be a pilot!
I know it depends on airline but is there a average time/hours you need to become captain? Also do certain planes require more hours than others?
***** Thank you that has cleared alot up for me!
@mentour pilot What about pregnancy? Can you fly while you're pregnant?
+Barbara Vyse Yes up to week 28 without a problem in my company. From 28 -32 you need a doctors certificate and after that, no.
The often heard stereotype that 'women are emotional, men are rational and calm' just doesn't hold water - just observe what is happening in the world. Politics gives us plenty of examples of irrational male behavior..
@@realdeal1841 Lol women are statically speaking safer pilots. Shut up.
I'm starting my first flight hours next week, any tips?
***** Thanks Cap! I'll do my best : D
B737 vs A320?
I am a girl, and my passion is to fly and save the life bed of animals
i flyed once in a Lufthansa Canadair jet from Frankfurt two basel switzerland bouth pilot and Copilot where women.
I saw Videos from women pilots at lufthansas a380 and 747-8
I don't see why it's sad that females are less interested in becoming pilots than men.
I think it's mostly that there overall isn't that much representation for female pilots and so the profession may not even seem as a possibility or a desire for some women.
We're running out of male pilots that are willing to take up spots of former pilots, so the airline industry needs to hire female pilots to take up places of former pilots.
Let me tell you. It's sad that the job pilot is rarely every marketed towards women. It's sad that women on the flightdeck are at a higher risk of sexual assault or other advances. It's sad that no matter how qualified you are, everyone will always trust your less qualified male colleague more. It's sad that everyone has all these negative preconceptions about female pilots, when statistically speaking, they're safer than male pilots. Do I go on?
Okay, So this is a very simple topic women are better nurtures for children correct, better then men at caretaking in general. Men have better motor skills and typically are more inventive and intelligent. That's not supposed to be offensive. People have to stop being butt hurt over the reality of life.
@Mentour Pilot Oh for goodness sake don't be so arrogant responding to one of the comments.
You cannot deny that the guy is speaking a lot of truth regarding the alarmingly lower Caucasian birthrate nowadays and on a seperate issue and particularly relevent issue with regards to the subject matter, the immense harm it does to children's wellbeing and development (when under 5yrs old in particular) to have a largely absent MOTHER (absent fathers, not quite as much!)
A women cannot be a full-time e.g. airline pilot and be a good mother to her young children. That is the uncomfortable truth.
Before you give me any hate / sarcasm, I am an teenage girl who has amost finished PPL training, onto ATPL exams next and would not have chosen this career if I wanted a family because I accept that it would not work.
Let me tell you, I used to work at a nursery in tge UK and it was heartbreaking seeing anxious young children (including BABIES just over 3 months old for f*ck sake) being dumped in the daycare each morning because mummy chose to go to work, and I wouldn't wish this on any child.
More 'modern' women need to understand that life is about compromise and you can't 'have your cake and eat it', so to speak. Here's a thought, if you're an airline pilot, your passengers won't give a sh*t about how well you did your job on a day to day basis (apart from 'saving the day' during extremely rare emergency) 50 years from now, but your children will ALWAYS remember how well you cared for, loved them and did your most important job ever, as a mother. . .
Just wanted to say my bit on this as an almost qualified (hehe😆) female pilot before you throw the 'sexist' or 'woman-hater' 'stuck in the 1950's' label at me.
Now, back to Nav revision with that damn CRP-5 😥🛩
Can an openly gay man with depression issues that are under control become a pilot - or even work as a flight attendant?
Chaotic Peace i mean, sexuality has nothing to do with the career. Gay/straight/bi or whatever.
I don’t know about depression though, from what I understand they’re multiple tests for your health both physical and mental, and its easy to not have an operuntiy into the field for that reason. If you’re looking into being a pilot, its reccomended that after a “trail first lesson” you get checked medically, so that if you cannot, you havent waisted money on multiple training sessions or classes.
As for a flight attendant i dont think it matters much. Same as for an airline worker who works ticketing or gates.
LOL! I like you; you funny!
How much math is involved w algebra and equations?
I've loved your videos up until now, but this video is WAY off base. We shouldn't be choosing pilots based off their genitalia. We should be choosing them based off qualifications. If that means there's more male pilots then so be it. If that means there's more female pilots, then so be it. If that means there's only 100% of either gender, then so be it. Your video here calling for pilots simply based on their genitals is wrong and it's dangerous.
DukeOfMarshall , I am sure he is not talking selection by genitalia. He is an instructor and will make sure that only qualified men and women get chosen. He is only putting a word there encouraging intelligent and well educated women who are interested in flying to join the flying community. He is not going to waste time on the video spelling out prerequisites and requirements which are a must have. He is addressing changes taking place and the growing acceptance of women within the piloting community which can be further expedited. Just as in every other field, qualifications are still a must have for everyone.
@@Zinnie988 Agree. It’s like different people hear a different point from same video.
Please google the difference between equality and equity. There would not be so little female pilots, if the equity was there. It has nothing to do with qualifications. The problem is not that less women could pass pilot tests. You are the one of base & you're completely unqualified to make such a gross comment.
Ahhh!! Thanks alot Petter! :))
You can train anyone with the basic talent and prepare them to be a pilot. However, if you choose from pilots for your airline, and base that choice on a factor OTHER than abilities and a demonstrated record of good flying, then you will end up with a bad situation, and solely because you were concerned about how it looks to have two men up front.
I think I've asked this before, i'm not quiet sure, but how can students like me who's 18 with not the best grades afford pilot training? I know there's pilot programmes like 'british airways future pilot programme' but unfortunately I don't meet the entry requirements. Are there any good loans out there what support pilot training because neither do I or my parents have £90,000+ to get on a full time course.
What bank loan would you recommend. All I keep seeing is BBVA
MENtour
If your a flirt and chat up the female pilots because its so small in the flight deck does it get awkward if you were in with a ex or something ? Has that ever happened ?
***** So you mean chat them up off duty but not when you are at work to minimise distractions and maintain full concentration ?
***** ah now I understand and wont make that mistake haha thanks :)
Of course that has happened. With ATC too. It's gross.
@@antheiheiant 😮
I can be a Pilot???? I'm only 18 please answer me guys..😊
Angel Nicole Alcantara of course you can be a pilot. Anyone can be a pilot is basically what everybody is trying to say. Unless you’re blind like me
wow, i think you ought to remove that UA-cam-stabilization.
Yeah, its an old video and I was experimenting a bit.
Wtf? The physical strenght to become an airline pilot? ... Please, DON'T let anyone fly who asks such a question. Feeling really worried now for some reason. Meh.
Ha, MENtour
I want to be pilot but i shodl to do?
It's the same with female engineers or female truck drivers and other hard jobs.
You have to sacrifice a lot to do the job. You have long working hours being long time away from home, having a family is difficult, you have to do a lot of overtime and what not.
Women tend to prefer the benefits of a regular job with less hours, being more often at home and so on. Men tend to accomplish something, to feel important, useful and with a higher status (which women can look up at - and they often do so). Women don't need a higher status. Men will love women even if they have not a high paid job.
Yes, women and men are different and they make different choices. Nothing wrong about that.
Stop trying to make everything 50/50. Norway - one of the most egalitarian countries in the world - tried it in tech field and they failed although they spend millions in campaigns and support of women (sometimes to the disadvantage of men but it didn't helped either).
The man, with the most objective view of the situation, has spoken. Everyone go and listen.
You need some Jordan Peterson in your life
Jordan Peterson is a fraud LOL
what about transgender pilots?
Nothing wrong with them
I'm sure there are almost zero because the amount of trans people is extremely small. And that small amount that happen to want to be pilots would be VERY VERY small. And the amount that actually qualify to be pilots is even smaller. So you probably won't see any.
I think there still is some sort of tendency not being wanted by female
does not mean no female want to be, sure some females want to! neither pilot is not `male` job. Because of tendency, it is hard to increase the rate of female pilots vs male pilots. To solve(?) it, simply fire male pilots, easy to think hard to do hehe. I hope that at least number of female pilots increases
Lein Matsumaru Please don't say something so stupid again. I hope that was a joke. There is nothing wrong with female pilots but it is unjustifiable to fire male pilots that are doing the job well just to increase the percentage of women.
i am scared when i see a woman driving a car, let alone flying a fricking plane.woman CAN but shouldnt be doing ALL male jobs... for example : an army.who was so crazy to think that military is a good profession for a woman?place of violence, guts and blood? com'on.
A woman can kill you as well as a man could.
Women occupy military positions all over the world...?