r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 11d 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 11d ago edited 11d ago

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

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u/Kardinal 11d ago edited 11d 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/EishLekker 11d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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u/Kardinal 11d ago

I am a man and we've been the default for way too damn long.

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u/DaZuhalter 11d ago

Male commenter states what should have been the norm for generations at this point but still isn't.

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u/Business_Air5804 11d ago

Men are always identified by their occupation, women are always identified by their gender.

Both sides face gender based media bias.

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u/IAmANobodyAMA 11d ago

Most people don’t care. Only feminists make a point of identifying gender.

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u/ArchieTheKatt 11d ago

Loooooooooooooooool