(NoPoliticsHere) wrote in message . com...
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. ...

So, you haven't seen any stats on the subject, are unwilling to
actually find any on the net, and just wish to express a prejudice
anyhow? Your examples are seven accidents over thirteen years, hardly
a decent or useful sample.

Here's a couple stats:

- In September 2004 alone there were 171 NSTB reportable accidents, or
5.7 accidents/day.
- 27 of those accidents had fatalities, a little under one per day.
- the seven descriptions I haphazardly (sorta randomly) sampled all
had male pilots. ("He taxied into a ditch", etc.)

And you want to judge the safety of women pilots on seven accidents
you partly remember? Crazy.

I've flown with male and female pilots. My personal observation is
that personality makes a much bigger difference than gender.

Besides, "ladies in the cockpit"? Have you been asleep since 1960?
Next thing I know you'll be talking about "lady doctors" or "lady
lawyers" too.

-Malcolm Teas