The USA's first combat certified female pilot blew a landing onto the deck of the Abraham Lincoln.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/female-naval-aviator-died-accident/
https://youtu.be/rFUXshaaMQM - An excellent breakdown of the accident by a retired, career F14 pilot.
Scuttlebutt is that there was enormous top-down pressure to get a female pilot qualified and flying. She was accelerated because she was a woman and a halfway decent pilot. She was in the air to fill a quota. Corers were cut with her training because top brass wanted political points.
Women can be decent pilots, but only if held to the same standards as male pilots. If you want the best of the best; the best of the best is a man. No question.
I am sure there are a thousand male pilot candidates that would not have made that well understood mistake. Perhaps another thousand hours in the simulator would have made
The USA's first combat certified female pilot blew a landing onto the deck of the Abraham Lincoln.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/female-naval-aviator-died-accident/
https://youtu.be/rFUXshaaMQM - An excellent breakdown of the accident by a retired, career F14 pilot.
Scuttlebutt is that there was enormous top-down pressure to get a female pilot qualified and flying.
I am sure there are a thousand male pilot candidates that would not have made that well understood mistake. Perhaps another thousand hours in the simulator would have made
The USA's first combat certified female pilot pancaked into the deck of the Abraham Lincoln.
https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/female-naval-aviator-died-accident/
Scuttlebutt is that there was enormous top-down pressure to get a female pilot qualified and flying.
I am sure there are a thousand male pilot candidates that would not have made that well understood mistake. Perhaps another thousand hours in the simulator would have made