Women in the Cockpit

The International Society of Women Airline Pilots has a graph (at least as of 2023, but the trend should be clear) of stats involving female aviators. (And yes, to get this out of the way, there is no significant difference in accident rates and never was).

  • India is a surprising large first at around 12%
  • Scandinavia is likewise surprisingly LOW at around 4% (worse than the 5.5% of the knuckle-dragging Yankees)
  • Global average around 6%
  • East Asia has an abysmal rate that leaves everyone else in their dust. Even the Middle East has substantially more.

I do think the skew is going to stay because no matter how good the policy, pilot is about the least mom-friendly career by its very nature. But it’s still a very interesting look at demographics.

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