Ask the pilot: It's becoming downright commonplace to share the cockpit with a female pilot

I'm often asked why there aren't more female airline pilots. It's obvious to anybody who travels that the vast majority of pilots, be they military or civilian, commercial or private, are men. Perhaps it's the military culture that, for many decades, dominated the pilot ranks at most airlines. Or maybe there's something about flying, in and of itself, that naturally discourages women.

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