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Female pilot accident rates
I haven't seen any stats on this, but it seems to me that, just
maybe, there could be a much higher rate of crashes when there are ladies in the cockpit. Maybe this is not the case, and I'm sure the more PC gents here will be quick to jump on me for even suggesting it, but during the past, I have noticed more than a few female names mentioned in news reports about aircraft crashes (with them being one of the pilots, or the only pilot). Just how many female professional pilots are there? Aren't they involved in a disproportionately large number of accidents? Drawing from memory, here are a few: The accident yesterday that killed 10 with the NASCAR racing team had a pilot named Liz (haven't met too many guys named Liz). (Probably pilot error--reasonable guess--because the plane slammed into Bull Mt. in foggy conditions.) The commuter crash last week (Indiana?) had a pilot named Kim. The commuter crash last year (plan overloaded) in Charlotte had a female captain. ValuJet crash in Everglades (in '96 I think) had a female captain. (of course, this one could have gone down regardless of pilot skill, but airliners *have* landed while blazing with flames (Ex: Air Canada in Cincinatti I think). The 1991 Colorado Springs 737 crash had a female in the cockpit. A small cargo plane that landed here in town on a freeway (not on the median, but ONTO rush hour traffic, making a firball out of a van, killing the driver--female pilot survived) a few years ago had a lone female pilot. A fatal crash involving a Navy fighter (probably F-14) off a carrier some time back had a female pilot (just how many female F-14 pilots are there?) See what I mean? ----------- |
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