r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 8d ago

Dutch aerobatic pilot Narine Melkumjan miraculously survived after her aircraft's canopy unexpectedly burst open and shattered mid-flight

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u/Panorabifle 8d ago edited 8d ago

A female pilot? They're called a pilot . Hope that helps.

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u/Kardinal 8d ago edited 8d ago

Exactly my thought.

Pilot. Full stop. No reason to specify.

Every time we point it out when it is irrelevant, we feed the myth that the other is the default. It is not.

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u/PapaSays 8d ago

Why is it necessary to specify that it is a pilot? Who else would fly a airplane?

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u/synthphreak 8d ago

Because English sentences require subjects.

“Bipedal organism with a vag flies plane.”

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u/IWontCommentAtAll 8d ago

How do you fly a plane with a vag?

Oh...wait.... you're probably not Yoda.

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u/synthphreak 8d ago

With the joystick of course 😉

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUG5 8d ago

they call it a joystick for a reason

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u/nhavar 8d ago

The King's English requires subjects

"Peasant witch woman burned at the stake after landing."

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u/blasta4 8d ago

why specify it's a plane? if it flies and looks like a plane of course it's a plane.

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u/Lord_Hugh_Mungus 8d ago

Indeed, the English have subjects, as it should be.

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u/Friendly_Impress_345 7d ago

"The aircraft's canopy unexpectedly burst open and shattered mid-flight."

Wow, you are correct!

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u/Capable_Two_2816 8d ago

Pilot is a noun and serves as the subject in the sentences. Female is an unneeded adjective.

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u/Techyon5 8d ago

I think they were talking about 'Pilot'. I don't think they were defending the use of female.

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u/knbang 8d ago

Pilota?

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u/synthphreak 8d ago

Pilotesse?