A recent study by Aer Lingus found that female representation in aviation, namely the pilot profession, is severely lacking. According to The Irish Times, “The Red C Survey, which was carried out with 500 adults aged 18-30 from across Ireland, found only a third of women were encouraged to follow a Stem (science, technology, engineering or maths) career while at school compared with half of men the same age.
爱尔兰航空公司Aer Lingus最近的一项研究发现，在航空业，即飞行员职业中，女性比例严重不足。 据《爱尔兰时报》报道， 这项名为Red C的调查共有500名18-30岁的爱尔兰成年人参加，其中只有三分之一的女性在校期间被鼓励从事STEM（科学，技术，工程或数学）职业，而同龄男性中该比例则有一半。
“And it said this was contributing to the relatively low number of women applying for Aer Lingus’s pilot training programme.” The survey also found that pursuing a career as a pilot was discussed more significantly in boys’ schools compared to girls’ schools, as only eight percent of females talk to their guidance counselor about becoming a pilot. While six percent of men said they had considered becoming a pilot, just three percent of women had considered the same thing.
该调查机构表示“这是申请爱尔兰航空的飞行员培训计划中女性人数相对较少的原因之一。” 调查还发现，与女校相比，男校对于飞行员这一职业的讨论更为激烈，因为只有8％的女性会和他们的辅导员讨论将来成为一名飞行员。调查中6％的男性表示他们曾经考虑过成为一名飞行员，但只有3％的女性有过同样的想法。
The problem is not limited to Ireland. Forbes reported last year that just over five percent of pilots worldwide are female. To put this into perspective, out of twenty flights you take, only one will have been flown by a female pilot. According to the Center of Aviation, “Data for the US and the UK indicate that just over 4% of airline pilots are women. This share is growing, but very slowly. According to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots, the US big three airlines have the highest number of women pilots and the Indian LCC IndiGo has the highest proportion (13.9%)”
这个问题不仅限于爱尔兰。据《福布斯》去年报道，全球飞行员中女性比例仅略高于5％。从这个角度来看，在您乘坐的20次航班中，只有一次是由女飞行员驾驶的。根据航空中心 “美国和英国的数据显示，超过4％的航空公司飞行员是女性。这一比例正在增长，但比较缓慢。 据国际女性飞行员协会统计，美国三大航空公司的女飞行员数量最多，印度LCC IndiGo的女飞行员比例最高（13.9％）。
At a time when most young women around the world are not held back from pursuing their professions of choice, why is female interest in aviation so low? While this is related to the low rate of female representation in STEM fields overall, the Irish Times notes that there are also other factors potentially contributing to the lack of interest. “Nearly 80 per cent of women said there were not enough female pilots in the profession compared with just 45 per cent of male respondents, while one-third of women said the role was “not female friendly”. Only one in three of all adults surveyed believed being a pilot would allow for a good work balance.”
在这个世界上，大多数年轻女性都没有放弃追求自己选择的职业的时候，为什么女性对航空的兴趣如此之低？虽然这与STEM领域女性比例总体较低有关，但《爱尔兰时报》指出，还有其他潜在的因素可能导致女性对STEM缺乏兴趣。“ 近80％的女性表示，该行业女性飞行员不足，而男性受访者中有这一想法的仅为45％，并且三分之一的女性表示该职业对女性不友好。” 在接受调查的所有成年人中，只有三分之一的人认为当名飞行员可以很好地平衡工作。 ”
本新闻解读首发于2019年07月06日，新闻来源：Study International
原文链接：https://www.studyinternational.com/news/encouraging-more-girls-to-become-pilots/作者：Study International
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