We're getting old, folks...

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ps.com...
Like Jay said, it's very
common that a husband likes flying, but a wife does not (I'm in that
exact situation). I've never heard of the reverse. If more wives were
into flying, it would mean more active pilots, which would have a whole
lot of positive secondary effects.

So what's the solution? How do we make flying more feminine? How do
we attract females to the airport?

My wife, Mary, is living proof that flying is NOT an all-male
pass-time, but I know she likes to hang out at the hangar entertaining
friends nearly as much as she likes the flying. So how do we make the
airport more SOCIAL?

As with so many things in life, if we can get the chicks into it, us
guys will have a much easier time...

This is like trying to get women to take engineering in college. Although
they have the intelligence, for whatever reason, women would rather get a
business degree than an engineering degree. My theory is women think in
business they will be expected to dress nice, but in engineering they will
not. Since, all things being equal, a woman would rather spend her money on
clothes, then a business degree will help her reach that goal. Therefore,
the secret to getting women into flying is to make flying a fashion
statement that requires the participant to waste money on clothes.