Reply #77: yeah there is a kind of mixed signal when we look at

[tigereye]

"female accomplishments." Yes it's great, period. But I suppose you are right in some way that it has become somewhat de riguer' and that may be a good thing.

Although it probably doesn't hurt the young women who may be encouraged to become pilots of any plane, to see this. I think people get upset because some of we older women were raised with a lot of negative messages about what we "couldn't" do. And now that has changed a lot. The Commander's efforts are kind of a big deal because they aren't a big deal, if that makes any sense. :)