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NoPoliticsHere wrote:

was an **Algerian** airline, not American, which lends even more
evidence that the woman was skilled and competent, as the PC politics
at work that I allude to is probably near non-existent in Algeria.

Oh my. You have obviously never been to a Muslim country. I am
astounded the woman ever got to fly, period. It isn't any wonder at
all the PIC didn't listen to her suggestions; men in those countries
tend to be a bit chauvinistic, if I may say so.

Gender bias may have played a role, but it may simply have been
old-fashioned captain's arrogance.