Yes, when the military hasn’t done their job and let women go to the next phase of flying because of pressure from Congress, women have died. I know of one who went into the back end of a carrier and another who ejected into the ground killing both herself and the instructor pilot. DEI doesn’t get you far in an environment that is unforgiving.
Fair enough. When the price of incompetence is frequently death, chumps get weeded out. Especially if the instructor is in the same plane as the student. I can see DEI, etc only mattering on the margins in the naval aviation community.
They don’t last … but it is not just the DEI. I’ve seen it with Academy grads given the benefit of doubt and it is the same. Flying doesn’t care about sex, race or how smart… common sense and being coordinated make better pilots.
Yes, when the military hasn’t done their job and let women go to the next phase of flying because of pressure from Congress, women have died. I know of one who went into the back end of a carrier and another who ejected into the ground killing both herself and the instructor pilot. DEI doesn’t get you far in an environment that is unforgiving.
Fair enough. When the price of incompetence is frequently death, chumps get weeded out. Especially if the instructor is in the same plane as the student. I can see DEI, etc only mattering on the margins in the naval aviation community.
They don’t last … but it is not just the DEI. I’ve seen it with Academy grads given the benefit of doubt and it is the same. Flying doesn’t care about sex, race or how smart… common sense and being coordinated make better pilots.