Female Pilot Journalist: I’m Offended When Hero Southwest Pilot Called “Female Pilot”

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | April 19, 2018 | Rush Limbaugh

[dfwgator]

I’m Offended When Hero Southwest Pilot Called “Female Pilot”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Would she prefer “aviatrix”?

[Larry Lucido]

The only 99 I know.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

And I was surprised that anyone thought the pilot was a hero for being able to land with only one engine. Maybe there was more damage that affected the airworthiness of the plane that I am unaware of, but landing with one engine from 30,000 feet is no big deal.

I wouldn't pick nits over it. I'm a network technician, and when things go to hell and I get them under control I'm always treated like a hero myself. It's people's way of saying they're grateful.

In "hero" terms, the person I usually think of is that Leonard Skutnik, a passerby who jumped into a freezing river to save a woman following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 ... just an ordinary Joe who transcended fear and the natural concern for his own safety to do something that he believed to be right.

[Oil Object Insp]

Aviator and Aviatrix. Words mean things. Same as steward and stewardess. Keeps things from getting confused in the conversation.

[davandbar]

I’m offended that this female journalist is acting so petty—she’s giving female journalists an even worse reputation

[davandbar]

I’m offended that this female journalist is acting so petty—she’s giving female journalists an even worse reputation

[yarddog]

It sounds like she did her job just like she was supposed to. Good job.

I think they made too much of Sully but still landing one in the river is not quite the same as landing on one engine at the airport.

[joesbucks]

True.

[BenLurkin]

Pilot. Flight attendant. Problem solved.

[Socon-Econ]

Who says our mission in life is to keep from offending her?

[Vaquero]

Aviatrix

[Vendome]

But desperate to have a 1st “Woman” President isn’t duplicitous?

[treetopsandroofs]

Sully and John Glenn turned into leftist whores.

I at least met Chesley Sullenberger before he “came out”.

[bk1000]

I like Aviatrix. Sounds a bit kinky. Stewardess’ hate being called that today. They insist it is “flight attendant”. (Mom worked for Delta way back when)

[Political Junkie Too]

In my opinion, the mention of the *female* pilot was meant to inspire women to become pilots. Just like with the move to get women into more STEM jobs, they want to show girls that there are women role models in aviation, too.

That's why they called out that the hero pilot on this flight was a woman, rather than let it go by unnoticed.

-PJ

[ponygirl]

How about a “pilotte?”

[hopespringseternal]

Because this is all about YOU, Beverly.

[MrEdd]

Nobody in girbilism has enough grasp of the English language in this century to spell or pronounce “Aviatrix.”

[Buckeye McFrog]

Words mean things. Same as steward and stewardess.

Which is why they started calling them Flight Attendants a couple of decades ago.