Ben Bankas on female pilots
The idea that every single woman pilot is woke and acts like she's screaming 'Look what I'm capable of!' makes the speaker genuinely uncomfortable. The core frustration isn't just about the flying; it's the lack of transparency before you even get to the airport. They argue that ticket purchases should mandate full disclosure, treating pilot gender and ground crew ethnicity with the same visibility as the aircraft model itself. The proposed label on a boarding pass would read something specific: Boeing 787 MAX 8, female pilot, and the religion of the ground crew, perhaps Muslims. If that level of information were required, the preference shifts immediately to driving an eight-hour trip instead. Even if that means getting behind the wheel of a RAV4, the drive is preferable to the flight. This stance comes from a recent personal experience where the plane refused to move after all doors were shut. From the lower section of the fuselage, someone resembling a Somali pirate in a safety vest with a cross on his back climbed up toward the cockpit. The pilot then used the intercom to say, 'Hello everyone! We apologize for the slight delay. We're trying to restart the engine here'. The speaker questions why a pilot needs assistance for such a basic task. They assert that only a woman pilot would require help from someone they compare to a kindergarten worker. While this figure stands over her, she asks, 'Okay, so what am I supposed to do now?'. There is deep confusion expressed regarding the sheer number of women working as pilots. The speaker references news coverage about a 22-year-old female pilot operating at an altitude of 11,000 meters. At that age, the opinion is that a girl should be doing other things rather than piloting a passenger airliner high above the ground. The blame for this situation is placed squarely on men who wanted sons but had daughters instead. An anecdote is cited about fathers with four daughters who all became pilots. The conclusion drawn from these scenarios is that thousands of human lives are put at risk every single day.
