Female pilot accident rates

FWIW I trained women pilots transitioning to the L1011 while working
at Eastern. Without exception they were meticulous pilots who studied
hard and really learned the airplane. I also knew Betty Skelton - she
was a 'pretty good' woman pilot (understatement for effect).
Walt BJ

"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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There was an NTSB study within the past four years that looked at this
question. I'm going on memory here, but the aggregate accident rates were
not different in a statistically significant way. But there was a
suggestion
that the causes of accidents were somewhat different across the two
groups.
Women, it seemed, were more likely to be involved in accidents owing to
mishandling the aircraft, while men were more likely to make serious
judgment errors.

I think that one you may have backwards. I recall some tests of male-female
pilots recently. The findings were that women handled the aircraft better
(more precisely, more smoothly), but men were better at emergency
procedures.

"Roger Long" wrote in message .. .
OK troll, I'll bite.

Why'd you bother?

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"Friedrich Ostertag" wrote in message ...

Overall you can pull just the same arguments used generally in "women
driver" discussions.

But have you noticed that this phrase is hardly heard anymore?
I wonder if it's because women have become so much better drivers
in the last 15 years. I'm surprise you weren't chided by the
surprisingly huge number of the spineless set that hang out here
for using that phrase.

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Ron Natalie wrote in message om...
NoPoliticsHere wrote:

Of course if you enumerate all the crashes involving male pilots

Ron, ever hear of the word 'disproportionate'? I used it in my post.

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NoPoliticsHere wrote:
Ron Natalie wrote in message om...

NoPoliticsHere wrote:

Of course if you enumerate all the crashes involving male pilots


Ron, ever hear of the word 'disproportionate'? I used it in my post.


Yep, and you were wrong as well. You take 5 crashes out of a sample
set of 5 crashes you heard about involving woman. That's no more of
a representable sample than my "pages" comment.

It's hard to be really proportionate when you pull samples out of your
ass.

(Rick Durden) wrote in message om...
There is very little data available on the subject, largely because
there are so few women who are pilots (about 6% of all pilots, a lower
proportion than that of professional pilots).

Which goes along with my observation that women are involved in more
than 6% of accidents, at least the ones that make the news.

--read, but snipped --

Beyond that, it's an interesting question, women's bodies are more
efficient than men, they can withstand higher g's before
graying/blacking out and can go to higher altitudes without
oxygen...which makes one wonder why we have men flying fighters at all
g.

Yes it does doesn't it? How many women fighter pilots are there?
How many have been Blue Angels or Thunderbirds? I'm sure the Navy
and Air Force PR depts. would walk over a mile of barbed wire
barefooted to have a couple of female acrobats for display to
the public.

It is an interesting question, and probably one that can never be
answered.

But the statistics would be relatively easy to calculate, with the correct
data. I suspect the results may be politically unpopular, which may
be why good data on this is hard to come by.

It seems to me that we should look solely at the judgment
and skill of each individual pilot.

Agreed, but don't make extra allowances based solely on gender.

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(Schlomo Lipchitz) wrote in message ...
Delta Airlines had a couple of female pilots sitting at home getting
full pay - one of which I flew with personally. They were fired for
incompetence. But when they threatened to sue for sexual
discrimination, Delta opted to just pay them rather that go through
the negative publicity. And that's a fact Jack!

But schlomo, can't you see that the PC spoonfed milksops here aren't
interested in facts like this? Such things are not allowed on their
radar screens, at least publicly. They behave as told.

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Jay Somerset wrote in message . ..

After reading this, I can understand why you post anonymously. Your last
sentence is particulaly obnoxoius!

Maybe he just meant that it was better that this woman be permanently
put out of commission (considering her record, but still being allowed
to fly), rather than crash onto the deck at some time, killing dozens
of personnel in the process. Why is that so hard for you to understand?

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Jay Somerset wrote in message . ..

After reading this, I can understand why you post anonymously. Your last
sentence is particulaly obnoxoius!

A little anonymity can be a good thing Jay. Why would anyone use their real
name in a place like this, unless they're selling something? Anonymity
is more likely to bring honesty, as far as inner opinions. Most people
who post with real names make sure they walk the line they've been told
to walk.

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