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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:50 PM
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Before we found out, did anyone else find themselves hoping the pilot was a woman?
Don't get me wrong, I am in awe of the skill and airmanship exhibited by Captain Sullenberger. But as the story was unfolding, and we didn't know anything about the flight crew, I turned to my wife and asked, "What do you think the 'no equal pay for equal work' jackasses will have to say if it turns out that this pilot is a woman?"
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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:53 PM
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1. As a female it didn't cross my mind one way or another - just a fine pilot
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:54 PM
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2. No.
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John Q. Citizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:54 PM
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3. My thought was I'm glad those poeple are glad.
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:57 PM
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4. When I heard the pilot's first name, I thought it might be a woman
Because I'd never heard of a guy named Chelsea.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 02:59 PM
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5. His first name is Chesney.
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:00 PM
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6. Actually, it's "Chesley". n/t
Edited on Sat Jan-17-09 03:00 PM by 11 Bravo
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:02 PM
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7. That sounds like a republican name ... blech!!
:)

Seriously, I don't care and never speculated on the pilots' sex, race, creed, politics, or anything else. I don't think it would matter anyway - to bigots, a counterexample would just be the exception that proves the rule...
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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:05 PM
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8. I was wondering if anyone thought about his political leanings
:)
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:19 PM
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9. He's an Air Force Academy grad.
His politics and his religious preference can probably be determined with about a 99% degree of reliability. But he is still one shit hot airplane driver.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:29 PM
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10. I always hope that. I've been on Amtrak with a woman engineer. But we still don't trust women...
to host a #@*! game show, let alone fly a plane.

I know someone at Pax River Naval Air Base and they know a woman who flies F-18s for the Marines. Evidently, she's damned good. The guys just love her.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:32 PM
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11. The co-pilot of Hawaiian Air that lost a chunk of fuselage was a woman. Probably still is. nt
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 03:35 PM
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12. I never got the chance to hope that!
But now that you mention it, had I been given the opportunity, I might have hoped that! :toast: Zipper freaks come in both sexes! :toast:
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:12 PM
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13. it never occurred to me to put a sex on the pilot ...
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deaniac21 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 05:26 PM
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14. Please...
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11 Bravo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 08:05 PM
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15. Please what?
Or should I just say thank you?
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 08:11 PM
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16. I was on a flight not long ago--don't remember the airline--both pilots were women.
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 08:11 PM
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17. Yeah. Or someone nontypical of an American pilot
Oh well, he's a hero nonetheless.
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Hanse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 08:15 PM
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18. I was hoping it was this guy:
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 08:18 PM
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19. To the degree it occurred to me, I merely appreciated the idea that it was more likely these days ..
... than it has been for 60 years ... and that it'll (hopefully) be even closer to a 50-50 chance in the near future.
:shrug:
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-09 09:17 PM
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20. How totally silly
I was hoping it was a gay black disabled little person with a lisp. :eyes:
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