Great images Wingman81
I found this on the web about RAF female fast jet pilots.
Nearly a third of the female pilots who have qualified to fly RAF jets since 1990 have left before their contracts were up.
Their departure is thought to represent a loss of training that cost the taxpayer nearly £100m at today's prices.
In 14 years, 70 women have won their wings. But 19 have left prematurely - including one who won a six figure payout at an industrial tribunal which heard the culture of her squadron was "macho, male and almost tribal".
Flt Lt Salter – now a lecturer in business studies - claims the sexist attitudes of her male comrades was obvious from her first day on a fighter squadron.
She said: "I did have one navigator who came up to me and said 'We're going to make sure we get rid of you from this squadron'. I don't believe there's such a thing as a man's job or a woman's job but the RAF has traditionally been a man's world."
Flt Lt Salter quit after completing her first tour on Tornado GR1 strike jets, eventually becoming a pairs leader – a senior role on any squadron.
But she says when she tried to return to work after having her first baby at the age of 30 she was not offered a job that reflected her skills or experience.
It's sad in this day and age that they look at the sex of the person doing the job and not if that person can do the task right.
