Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots?

Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by klagermkii on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @05:56AM (#11525885)

This is another industry with a brutal gender gap (95%-5%) that I don't see referenced in the article as being an untapped source for talent.

http://www.womenofaviationweek.org/five-decades-of-women-pil...

Is it an industry that can get away with relatively low pay and bad hours, because it offsets those by preying on the stereotypical fantasies of young boys "I want to be a pilot when I grow up", thus making it difficult to attract "normal" career minded individuals?

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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by belorn on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @07:08AM (#11526112)

Its a common trend when I see an article about a profession that is having trouble to find enough people to recruit. Nurse, midwifes, carpenters, preschool teachers, dentists, plumbers, and so many more professions only recruit from one half of the population, and has thus problems when demand fluctuate.

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Re:Plenty of Passengers, but Where Are the Pilots? by sdrterterw on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @06:05AM (#11525910)

Nursing has the opposite gender gap.

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