Women Pilots
Scientific Evidence that Men and Women are Designed Differently
Women drive only 30% of miles driven but are in 37% of the fatal accidents
"It is well established in the literature that a
wide variety of aptitudes, skills and cognitive abilities differ among the
sexes. The largest cognitive gender differences are found in
visual-spatial abilities. Research shows that males have greater
visual-spatial skills than females. Males also tend to be superior in the
quantitative area, while females tend to have better verbal skills.
Cognitive performance and spatial abilities are among the most
important attributes of flying. Verbal skills are also important to
maintain safe air traffic control communication and facilitate crew
coordination", Kathleen L. McFadden, Ph.D
WOMEN PILOTS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN MEN PILOTS TO HAVE ACCIDENTS
"Using a chi-squared test of proportions, it was found that about 0.39% of female pilots employed by major airlines had pilot-error accidents during 1986-1992. Conversely, only about 0.1% of their male counterparts had pilot-error accidents."
From the observation that women pilots are FOUR TIMES more likely than men pilots to have an accident, Kathleen recommends that the airlines hire even more women pilots! This is irresponsible.
To her credit, she did note the following:
"... one study analyzed differences in accident rates among male and female private pilots. Private pilots, unlike airline pilots, fly for reasons other than compensation or hire. The study reports that from 1972-1981, females had significantly lower accident rates than males. However, one major criticism of this work is that it employed only rudimentary statistical analysis. Moreover, it did not adjust for recent flying hours, a measure of the level of exposure of pilots to risk. The most commonly used adjustment measure is a pilot's flying hours in the last six months (recent flying hours), although no universally accepted measure of exposure currently exists. The theory behind adjusting for risk exposure is that pilots who fly more frenquently may be exposed to a greater risk of being involved in an aviation accident. Consequently, if males had more current flight time, this may explain the higher accident rate of male versus female private pilots. The present study will explore the need for controlling for risk exposure, employ a more rigorous statistical methodology, and will focus on the pilot-error accident rates of airline pilots rather than private pilots. Consequently this study will fill a research void."
but then she said "AIRLINES SHOULD HIRE MORE WOMEN PILOTS"!
She ignored the simple fact that, if the reason men pilots do have fewer accidents is because they fly more often than women pilots, then this is just one more reason that women should not be airline pilots. If so many women are getting private pilots licenses, but still don't fly as frequently as men, then why should anyone presume that there is some other magical way to improve their flying skills? This isn't science--this is feminist advocacy under the cloak of "research".
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