Carey Smith Steacy, a Canadian airline pilot with 17 years of experience, apparently received a blunt and critical letter from a distraught passenger recently.

"The cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman,” reads a letter written on a napkin left aboard a Calgary flight to Victoria, B.C., obtained by Metro News. "A woman being a mother is the most honor. Not as 'captain.' Were (sic) short on mothers, not pilots WestJet."

The letter further contained reference to a biblical verse and concludes, “In the end, this is all mere vanity.”

The author further said he wished WestJet would warn their passengers when a "fair lady" was at the helm so they would have the chance to book another flight.

http://news.yahoo.com/westjet-passenger-leaves-super-sexist-note-for-female-pilot-161057500.html

LOL! There is at least one ignorant person in any crowd.

I have stories I could tell, back in my old aviator days. But lets move forward instead. ;-)

I just sent this pilot a message on facebook. I told her the world needs more human beings like herself. I told her I hope her feelings were not hurt. The author of the nasty letter sound a little TBM to me.

her skirt was so short you could see the cockpit.

Why else would they call it a "cockpit"? Lol. Sorry, I just had to say it.

It's not that long ago that this would have been a majority opinion. There are still people alive who were born before women were allowed to vote in this, the home of the free, and land of the brave. That was a hard-fought battle that took 70 years, because women didn't "belong" in the voting booth.

Equality advances one funeral at a time. Not completely true, of course, but close enough to be uncomfortable.

All over the news here in Alberta, Westjet's home base. I'd rather have Capt. Steacy drivin' my 737 than that idiot. He must be a joy to have for a husband or father....NOT!

Ron Burr

Not only is the writer a misogynistic dipsh!t, but he was either very old or not very smart, since the term cockpit hasn’t been used in the larger aircraft for decades now. The term is flight deck.

I hope I don't get burned too bad for this but, the note was left by a passenger and no one knows who it is. So --- why the assumption it was a guy? I think we all know far to many Molly-mo women who could just as easily have written this travesty.

Well, it was signed Daniel, I thought. That might be where the assumption is coming from.

Actually it was signed "David"...no matter though...his language and writing skills embarrass him. I hope he is eventually identified so he can face some public humiliation. The fact he deigned to write his full name shows he has no balls!

Ron Burr

It was David? God I had a hard time with his handwriting. It took me forever to realize that he was saying we were short on mothers, that phrase looked like complete gibberish to me.

We don't know, but the pilot does. This was left in a specific seat, and the pilot has the passenger list. I'm sure she referred to the author as Daniel after verifying the name on the note against the seat number.

We don't need no pilots. I've never heard of a plane going down because of auto pilot error.

Bullshit, you didn't see the movie Airplane?

;>)

Now I want to slip the next female pilot a note that says "I just wanted to say Good Luck, we're all counting on you."

LOL

I stand corrected.

We have a woman pilot working for us. Hell of a pilot too.

I keep seeing this and it bother me.

Hell, I don't care if you are a sentient baked potato, as long as you get me safely from a to b, you can do and be whatever you want.

O.K, somewhat off topic.

Once boarded a commercial flight, I was on crutches. The flight attendant moved me from a seat next to the emergency exit (which I usually got when available due to leg room) to a "mundane" seat in the middle of the middle. Due to my crutches she considered me to be blocking the E-exit. She was being somewhat apologetic. I told her "No problem. You're crew, I'm cargo."

She said "I wish more people understood that." Later in the flight she gave me a free drink.

Not to mention that there is no shortage of mothers in the world.

What a @@#@#@#@#@#. Maybe all the male flight attendants he insulted will beat him up.

Any man who believes the cockpit is no place for a woman should learn that no woman will have a use or place for his c*ck.

What an ass.

She should leave a note saying: "You're right, the cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman--a woman's place is in the cockpit of a CF-18 Hornet fighter!"

Check out this article for a slightly different version of the pilot's reply than is contained in the Yahoo article. The pilot addresses the terminology used by the male passenger. Pretty funny:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/female-westjet-pilot-posts-passenger-s-sexist-note-on-facebook-1.2559603

As to whether the passenger could be Mormon or not (due to the content of his note) I'm going to guess no, as he referenced the Bible, not the BoM. My snotty remark for today is that in my experience, Mormons use the BoM a lot and the Bible not very much. I am guessing that a great many don't know too many Bible passages they can quote by chapter and verse, like this guy did. Granted, the motherhood thing sounds Mormon, but could also be fundamentalist Christian.



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