Original Message

Not to disparage anyone.  I only got to fly with 1 female pilot.  Based on that and what I have been told by associates, female pilots IMHO are smoother on the controls, don't do much yank and bank and have more respect for the helicopter mechanically.  My only concern was in the event of a hydraulics failure in some of the machines I flew, a woman would not have the physical strength to handle it in a single pilot configuration.  I think this is evidenced in a couple of Astar accidents.  I guess that could be said for some men also.