Female pilot accident rates

"Tien Dao" wrote in message
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
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By analogy, there is a genetic correlation between gender and height. But
knowing this correlation doesn't help us to be on the lookout for what
size
clothing we should buy. You want to buy clothing that fits you, not
clothing that fits the average person of your gender.

Maybe you are right. Although, I would have to add that you cannot change
your height,

Well, you could wear elevator shoes or something, which would be analogous
to training that compensates for innate weaknesses in your judgment or
coordination.

but if you have judgement or coordination inadequacies, these
might be addressed by further training, knowing that you MAY be more
predisposed to these types of errors.

Again, though, your judgment and your coordination are on display throughout
your flight training (as well as in other areas of your life). So even if
there turns out to be a correlation between gender and judgment or
coordination, your gender doesn't tell you anything you and your instructor
didn't already know about whether you need compensatory training--just as
(despite the correlation) your gender doesn't tell you anything you didn't
already know about your height.

I agree with your broader point, though, that we needn't just surrender to
whatever innate dispositions we may have; instead, we can work to change how
those dispositions are expressed. But we should be careful to distinguish an
individual's own predispositions from the average predispositions among some
group that the individual belongs to.

--Gary