I Like Being Right...
One of the coolest things about Google is that I can follow obscure little interests or news developments that no one else pays attention to. For example, as I said a while back, it would be very useful for the US Airforce, and for general recruitment for the US military in general, to recruit more female pilots, and fighter pilots in particular.
And now, I see that after Nicole Malachowski became the first ever woman to fly in the Air Force demonstration team the Thunderbirds, Samantha Weeks has become the second, due to start flying next year. Two in a row. Coincidence? Maybe. After all, it takes a certain amount of seniority, I'd guess, to make the demonstration team, and women have only been flying fighters since 1994. But more likely, I think, that someone made the decision to make certain there's a woman in every single Thunderbirds team from now on.
And so they should. No, the military should not be used as a vehicle for equal opportunity agendas... but the whole purpose of demonstration teams is recruitment. If you're missing half the potential talent pool, then you're not recruiting very well. Still no women in the Blue Angels, though... which might tell you something about the Navy's priorities as opposed to the Airforce.
And now, I see that after Nicole Malachowski became the first ever woman to fly in the Air Force demonstration team the Thunderbirds, Samantha Weeks has become the second, due to start flying next year. Two in a row. Coincidence? Maybe. After all, it takes a certain amount of seniority, I'd guess, to make the demonstration team, and women have only been flying fighters since 1994. But more likely, I think, that someone made the decision to make certain there's a woman in every single Thunderbirds team from now on.
And so they should. No, the military should not be used as a vehicle for equal opportunity agendas... but the whole purpose of demonstration teams is recruitment. If you're missing half the potential talent pool, then you're not recruiting very well. Still no women in the Blue Angels, though... which might tell you something about the Navy's priorities as opposed to the Airforce.
1 Comments:
Well as I always used to say in the Navy: need more babes on the waves.
I think that should be the slogan on a recruiting poster.
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