One of the country's senior most military officers, Air Staff Air Marshal PK Barbora has said it's not worth it to train women to fly, as the training process costs the Air Force several lakhs and then lady officers take off for upto 10 months at a time on maternity leave.
As far as politically incorrect remarks go, this one's more or less guaranteed a place on most Top Ten Lists. The Vice Chief of the Air Staff has said it's not worth it to train women to fly. Explaining that it costs about 11 crores to train a pilot, he said, "Nature's way of life is that you get married, bring up a family. Now the latest position on ladies flying is that if a a lady goes into family way, she is off-duty for 10 out of 12 months. Now while we can always utilise a lady in some other job, but in the pure profession in which we have invested so much ....if the poor lady herself who has contributed so much ...if we cannot utilise... then it is not fruitful for either party. But we are looking at it and in a few more years we can see a change coming with certain preconditions ."
Air Marshal PK Barbora is expected to confront a deluge of angry reactions from eomen activists, and from women in the Armed Forces, who point out that their careers entail daily battles against sexism.
Air Marshal PK Barbora is expected to confront a deluge of angry reactions from eomen activists, and from women in the Armed Forces, who point out that their careers entail daily battles against sexism.
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