Is minimum height for pilots unfair to women? (Germany)

thelocal.de ^ | Feb. 18, 2016

[PROCON]

Solutions:

1. Booster seat?

2. Redesign the whole cockpit to accommodate the shorties?

3. Shut-up and make me a sammich?

[Dr. Sivana]

pilots must be between 165 and 198 centimetres tall.

So why was Murdock allowed to co-pilot in "Airplane!"?

[Dr. Sivana]

saying that she had been disadvantaged because of her sex.

My wife is 5'10", and I doubt they would have disqalified her for long blonde hair, etc.

They would have disqualified Mickey Rooney.

It's not just about height, either. More height means longer arms. Means reaching controls to the far left and far right.

[Flick Lives]

"De plane! De plane!"

[Durbin]

They have to be able to see over the dashboard. LOL

[schaef21]

I guess it doesn’t matter if it is unfair to short men.

[laplata]

3. Shut-up and make me a sammich?

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And bring me a cold beer.

[Article10]

My wife is a pilot at a major airline.... facts are you do have to be able to fully manipulate those rudder pedals... height matters... BTW she is 5’4”...

Interestingly over the years we have met a few men that did not qualify for the majors due to height issues... is just reality

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

There is a strength issue as well. Short people are generally weaker than the normal.(Yes, kiddies I know not all short people are weaker.) I remember reading some where that many aircraft crashes are a result of hydraulic failures which would then require greater strength to pilot the plane.

[PROCON]

Good point.

And what if the woman is a transgendered he/she/it of color?

Can you say D-i-s-c-r-i-m-i-n-a-t-i-o-n?

[nascarnation]

Interesting.

Upcoming Nascar driver Rico Abreau is 52 inches tall, but of course the cars are modified to accomodate him.

[NEMDF]

It sounds like she was disqualified due to her height, not her gender. As long as they do not hire men, who are the same height as she is (or shorter), it would not seem like she has much of a case.

That said, if this was the USA, the government and/or ACLU would probably require the airlines to create a new cockpit that would work for her, and mandate that it be transplanted onto all aircraft owned by the particular airline.

[Moltke]

Candidates must speak fluent English and German, be physically fit and mentally dependable.

The rejects are sent to Germanwings.

[Article10]

and yes...wife with the full uniform on... hat and stripes, shoes, grey hair, wrinkles etc.. older people still think she is flight attendant...its funny to see it go down..hand her trash on the way out etc... or ask why a flight attendant is in the “cockpit” hahaaaa have to laugh..

[Moltke]

The young woman got through the first few rounds of the extremely tough application process for a coveted pilot position at Europe's biggest airline.

Why was she allowed in the process in the first place? Did she shrink somewhere along the way?

[ArcadeQuarters]

Not only do that discriminate against people who can’t easily reach the controls but they discriminate against blind people too. So sad.

[morphing libertarian]

We must stop judging opportunity by outcomes. If a height is essential for a job then anyone, woman or not, who isn’t that height should move along to another job. It is not critical to the running of the world to have men and women in every single job.

[PROCON]

The rejects are sent to Germanwings.

What a tragedy that was.

[ken5050]

The great jazz pianist Erroll Garner for years performed sitting on a Manhattan Yellow Pages

[dfwgator]