Quote Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet View Post
I know you’re not debating or directing this at me, but I love the pussy.

I just think, on average, adult men have an inherent natural advantage at operating heavy machinery vs. adult women. No data to back that up and just speaking from personal experience. I have no problem with women becoming pilots so long as the individual can meet the same competency standards.

A female burghal gnome can certainly be a great warrior in Gemstone, but they do have a -15 to strength attribute modifier…
Anecdotally, I don't know that piloting a Black Hawk is any harder or easier based on sex. I imagine if you are very short or very tall that might be impactful. I'm not a helicopter expert though, so no idea.

Unless there is some direct linkage saying she was a pilot and got that job ahead of a more qualified person because of her sex, it's pretty difficult to yell DEI on this particular incident. Light research shows she had many hours, and the bulk of those hours specifically in a black hawk. All the failures Rock states as fact are coming I think from daily beast and the final NTSB report comes out in 2026! I think I'll cool my jets (haha) on this until there is substantive actual data, rather than echo chamber Trump saying she's a DEI hire. I like Trump, he can be wrong and I can still like him.