unicate wrote:

Why is it *so* unbelievable to so many people that a woman can be just
as passionate about *flying* as a man can be -- just for the love of
FLYING, not to get to the airlines or to find a husband?

It's not unbelievable; I know such a woman.

That's it: one.

"Dan Luke" wrote:
Is it so unbelievable to you that women, for whatever reasons, are
*generally* less disposed to be interested than men in flying just for
the love of it?

No, I'm not arguing that women are *generally* less inclined to be as
interested in or passionate about flying as men. I totally agree with
that.

What I'm responding to here is the assumption that most women pilots are
''on the career track'' OR are ''attached to a male pilot'', and the
presumption that unlike men, *women* pilots are not in it, on their own,
for an intense love of flying. There may be more women in flying *for
the love of flying* than you think ... maybe you just presumed they were
there for other reasons, because that's the stereotype. (Just for the
record, I'm not disagreeing that *some* are there to get their M.R.S.
certificate, either!)