Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations

Jim Mitchell; Gordon Stewart; Paul W. Hyland

Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations

Jim Mitchell
, Gordon Stewart
, Paul W. Hyland

Research output: Chapter in Book / Conference Paper › Conference Paper

Abstract

This paper examines the Australian component of a cross-cultural study of gender issues in aviation. For over twenty years female pilots have had access to the professional pilot positions within airlines but their numbers continue to be very low. Both the civil and military sectors in the aviation industry continue to be dominated by masculine attitudes and behaviours. A survey of pilots was conducted to ascertain their attitudes towards women pilots. The results indicated a normal distribution of attitudes across the respondents and a factor analysis revealed two main factors. These are Flying Proficiency and Safety Orientation and reveal gender differences. The implications of these attitudes in respect of recruitment and training and development are considered and continuing inequities, stereotypes and bias are highlighted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Regionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004
Publisher	Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	1876674636
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	International Employment Relations Association. Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2004 → …

Conference

Conference	International Employment Relations Association. Conference
Period	1/01/04 → …

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

aeronautics
sex discrimination
air pilots
women air pilots
surveys
Australia

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Mitchell, J., Stewart, G., & Hyland, P. W. (2004). Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations. In Regionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004 Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University.

Mitchell, Jim ; Stewart, Gordon ; Hyland, Paul W. / Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations. Regionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004. Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, 2004.

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Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations. / Mitchell, Jim; Stewart, Gordon; Hyland, Paul W.
Regionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004. Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University, 2004.

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Mitchell J, Stewart G, Hyland PW. Gender issues in aviation : pilot attitudes and employment relations. In Regionalism and Globalisation: the Challenge for Employment Relations: Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association (IERA), held at Yeppoon, Qld., 5-8 July, 2004. Faculty of Business and Law, Central Queensland University. 2004

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