Females can be qualified to fly planes.
But that’s not the issue. It’s females who get promoted over more qualified males, just because they are females, that is the issue.
Same with ATC and aircraft maintenance.
One thing you can be sure of is that if the Captain is a white male, he is almost always very qualified. He is surely not a DEI hire.
If you get a white or black female captain, or a black male captain; confidence level goes down. Not saying pilots in these demographic categories can’t be qualified, but there might be concerns.
Well put.
(And it’s not enough just to be interested in aviation, you’ve got to actually be good at piloting a plane.)