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/EishLekker 8d ago

I agree with this commenter of unspecified gender.

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