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Old Feb 13, 2012 | 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by Analise
Some of you need to relax because your anger is bizarre. Pilots are mostly male. A post upthread said 97% of the pilots are male. I thought it was more like 99% male. The FA said nothing negative but instead gave praise that this aircraft was actually piloted by a woman. How rare that is.

The sky is falling for some of you. Watch out.
I think that's kind of irrelevant. The woman earned her status as a pilot, pure and simple. Saying "and she's a lady" seems demeaning, as if to say, "and shockingly, she's a lady!".
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