There is a whole list of people youre smart not to tick off: A surgeon just before your operation. Your boss when asking for a raise. But thats what a WestJet passenger in Canada did on a routine flight from Calgary to Victoria, British Columbia. Someone by the name of David left a note claiming that a pilots chair was no place for a woman and left it for Captain Carey Smith Steacy, a commercial airline pilot with 17 years of experience, according to CTV News. Addressed to the captain and WestJet, the note, a photo of which is available online at Imgur, scrawled with many misspellings and grammatical errors on a small napkin, read that the cockpit of airlier is no place for a woman and that being a mother is the most honor. The note went on to say that there was a shortage of mothers, not pilots.At the end of the note was a reference to a Biblical verse from Proverbs, according to the site KingJamesBibleOnline.org: My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments. (It is little known that the Old Testament held a specific prohibition against women flying commercial aircraft.) The front of the note ended with the thought, I wish WestJet could tell me a fair lady is at the helm so I can book another flight! Metro had an image of the reverse side in which David wrote, In the end this is all mere vanity, added not impressed, and signed it respectfully in love. I just couldnt believe there are still people in this country that think like that, the pilot told Metro. It just shocked me. Steacy, who already is a mother, posted an image of the note on her Facebook page and added a response to the passenger, according to the Metro report. She first corrected him on terminology -- its a flight deck and not a cockpit -- and then I respectfully disagree with your opinion and that there are no places that are not for ladies anymore. Reportedly, the passenger was asking the flight attendants whether Steacy had enough flight hours to safely handle the craft.Steacy also wrote that David was more than welcome to deplane when you heard I was a fair lady. In a statement to Metro, WestJet said that it takes enormous pride in the professionalism, skills and expertise of our pilots and this note is very disappointing. jobs.aol/articles/2014/03/05/passenger-tells-a-female-pilot-flying-is-no-place-for-a-woman/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D450972
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:05:19 +0000
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