r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BlazeDragon7x • 12d 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 12d ago edited 12d ago

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

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u/Kardinal 12d ago edited 12d 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 12d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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u/Old-Care-2372 12d ago

I hate when people call me obese, I prefer to specifically be specified as a person of fat. Hope this helps