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Female pilot tosses passenger for sexist remarks
Associated Press ^ | May 22, 2012

Posted on 05/22/2012 3:07:11 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

SAO PAULO (AP) -- A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes.

Trip Airlines says in a Tuesday statement the pilot ejected the man before takeoff as he made loud, sexist comments upon learning the pilot was a woman. The jet continued on to the state of Goias after a one-hour delay.

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To: Free ThinkerNY
I was expecting a thread on James Bond & Pussy Galore...


21 posted on 05/22/2012 4:05:32 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (A conservative can't please a liberal unless he jumps in front of a bus or off of a cliff)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

She’s a Second Lieutenant.....you’re lucky she’s not sitting on them. In the Navy, she’d be an Ensign and she’d think headphones are Nokias in the bathroom.


22 posted on 05/22/2012 4:06:17 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Fast Moving Angel
In case her cell phone rings... It's in the purse! ;)
23 posted on 05/22/2012 4:07:33 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Psychoanalyze this:

When it came to military planes, or commercial planes, if I found out the pilot was female, I’d claim sickness and get off the plane.

On the other hand, in the private world, I have had female flight instructors and have flown in private choppers with female friends. No problems there. Good pilots all. Some better than most.

Gremlins are FOR REAL. (I know, I’ve actually seen them and I wasn’t drunk or stoned!) And for the most part, Gremlins are female, and their jealousy knows no bounds.

Anyone who knows and believes in good and bad joss at altitude, knows Gremlins LIVE.

Superstitious? You best believe it.

Don’t waste your time telling me how effed up I am, I have beau coup hours in the air, and I’m still alive, all because I listen to the little voices in my head!

LOL, now, have at it!


24 posted on 05/22/2012 4:24:18 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimze, my handle is a Hate Crime. Hope they don't like it.)
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To: SkyDancer; All

Your photo reminds me of a real-life incident with awesome piloting skills, and of a quote:
"Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man....Landing is the first!"

Wiki:

On 29 September 1940, a mid-air collision occurred over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia. The accident was unusual in that the aircraft involved, two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF, remained locked together after colliding, and then managed to land safely. Both navigators bailed out after the aircraft struck, followed shortly afterwards by the injured pilot of the lower Anson. The pilot of the upper Anson, however, found that he was able to control the interlocked aircraft using his ailerons and flaps, coupled with the still-functioning engines on the machine underneath. He was then able to make a successful emergency landing in a paddock near Brocklesby. All four crewmen survived the incident, and the Ansons were repaired and remained in service with the Air Force.

25 posted on 05/22/2012 4:34:34 PM PDT by QT3.14 (Never Argue With A LIBERAL...They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

Actually, I’d guess her Left earphone is in place over her ear in order to hear radio/intercom transmissions, while she has moved the Right one so that she can hear fellow crew members in the cockpit, especially the guy taking the photo.


26 posted on 05/22/2012 4:38:15 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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There was a time, when he would have had to be carried off!

Pancho Barnes


27 posted on 05/22/2012 4:38:57 PM PDT by Errant
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To: Free ThinkerNY

As long as she had coffee made and the mid-flight snack cooked, I don’t see the problem with her flying the plane.


28 posted on 05/22/2012 5:03:32 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: Errant

If I’m not mistaken, this woman saved money, and bought a plan against her husband’s will.

She is recognized as one of the most accomplished pilots of the time, male or female.

Her granddaughter carries the torch today. EAA has published the story.

What a goober! Definitely a pioneer.


29 posted on 05/22/2012 5:05:59 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimze, my handle is a Hate Crime. Hope they don't like it.)
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To: Errant

If I’m not mistaken, this woman saved money, and bought a plane against her husband’s will.

She is recognized as one of the most accomplished pilots of the time, male or female.

Her granddaughter carries the torch today. EAA has published the story.

What a goober! Definitely a pioneer.


30 posted on 05/22/2012 5:06:11 PM PDT by ConradofMontferrat (According to mudslimze, my handle is a Hate Crime. Hope they don't like it.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

One of the best flights I’ve ever had was with a female pilot. Both the takeoff and landing were those you never noticed when the aircraft left or touched down on the runway.


31 posted on 05/22/2012 5:11:08 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (It's time to take out the trash in DC.)
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To: Fast Moving Angel

They mess up her hair.


32 posted on 05/22/2012 5:31:49 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; a fool in paradise

Somebody was on the rag!


33 posted on 05/22/2012 5:34:45 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: QT3.14

That happened to a friend of mine who is an instructor. He was flying a high wing cessna (dont remember the model) with a student. There was another young pilot who had a low wing plane and didn’t bother to check his airspace.

My friend said the first he knew the other plane was there was when its nose gear came down thru the windshield. Fortunately the props didn’t foul but they did land that way. The landing gear for the bottom plane were stressed but otherwise the damage was minimal. Happened here in Tampa.


34 posted on 05/22/2012 5:37:01 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Yea. . .and the fact she tried to take-off with a hose from the fuel truck still in the tank.


35 posted on 05/22/2012 5:42:44 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Arrowhead1952

And after decades of flying as a pilot, instructor pilot and evaluator pilot, the best female pilot I ever saw was “good.” Not excellent, not superb, not outstanding. Just “good.”


36 posted on 05/22/2012 5:51:37 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: QT3.14

Flying. . .the most fun you can have with your trousers on.


37 posted on 05/22/2012 5:55:19 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I bet she looked cute when she got mad.


38 posted on 05/22/2012 6:05:02 PM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Free ThinkerNY

” A Brazilian airline says one of its female pilots tossed a passenger off a flight because he was making sexist comments about women flying planes. “

Good thing he wasn’t a racist & a homophobe too!


39 posted on 05/22/2012 6:10:15 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

As 20,000 hour airline captain that’s had many female co-pilots, I don’t think women (generally) are cut out to be good pilots. They handle training and normal operations ok, but under extreme duress in critical situations, they often panic and freeze up. It’s too PC for the FAA to look at, but skydiving stats are similar. Last numbers I saw, 10% of jumps were women, 50% of fatalities, and it was usually panic.


40 posted on 05/22/2012 6:25:21 PM PDT by Captain Steve
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