Gender Equality in Aviation

This article discusses the importance of gender equality in the aviation industry, highlighting the mistreatment faced by female employees and the need for a safe working environment. It explores the challenges faced by women in the industry, such as discrimination and limited job opportunities. The article also emphasizes the skills and attributes required in the aviation industry and the role of women in shaping its future. References are provided for further reading.

GENDER
EQUALITY IN
AVIATION

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Problems faced in Aviation Industry...........................................................................................3
Skills and attributes required in the aviation industry.................................................................5
Reflection....................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Gender equality in aviation Industry is very important as the in many airline the
employees who attend the guests are female, and they are mistreated, and they have to cooperate
with the misbehavior according to their duties. The global aviation committee have analyzed the
threat that many candidates do not want to participate due to harsh behavior of the guest and the
committee have also made an effort to solve the gender discrimination in the particular industry
so the employees can work in the safe environment.
Problems faced in Aviation Industry
Aviation industry is known for decades because of its class as not many people were
capable to travel in any airlines but after the commercialization the airlines fares dropped
drastically and tit also attracted many customers from middle social class of the society due to
the huge competition in the market the aviation industry have evolved with many policies to
encourage the society to travel in the airlines and what are the services provided by them. But
the aviation industry also faced some problems in performing their business and which caused
them to have ineffective activity. (Tinoco and Rivera, 2017)The females in the aviation industry
are not treated well and which caused the major problem in the industry as female employees are
80% of the total employees in the aviation industry. This created the airlines to financially fall
and also loose their customers due to the lack of employment in the industry as the females are
not safe to serve for the company when they are not safe and are not respected.
Woman are the major factor which gives charm to the aviation sector and also provide
sophisticated communication to their customers and in survey it is founded that women are more
patient in controlling their feelings than men and which benefited the companies as they do not
have to employee men staff and female staff at the same time. But the woman are discriminated
because of their gender by other employees, customers. The woman are also treated as they are
not capable, and they are not allowed to the activity which any men can do. The aviation
industry do not employee any women in the engineering department or pilots as they do not trust
on their capabilities. The society is also responsible for this as they see women like that and have
no problem as in ancient times the women were supposed to be dominated by the men and were
supposed to obey men no matter how wrong that person is. (Hart, 2018)

In aviation industry the lack of diversity of staff is also the reason of gender inequality as
there are mainly women. The aviation industry is also not giving chance to women to be pilot as
there is shortage of pilot in the industry and the time will come when there will be the downfall
of aviation industry and no women will be able to work in that.
The stereotype of the society is hindering in the growth of the industry and it is also
lacking with the excellent talents which can be the women, and they are also having the
competition in the market which they have to compete with the better potential in their human
resources and that can only be possible if they the industry treat all men and women equally and
provide with equal job opportunities to them according to the requirements and qualifications.
The human interaction and interrelation skills are becoming very important in the industry day
by day and the women are born with soft skills which only need to be brushed up and they can be
more efficient than men in the company. The stereotypical industry understands that the industry
have no place for women as this industry is for men in all about men power and no women can
beat any men in their work. (Durbin, Page and Walby, 2017)
The management is the aviation industry is also the roof about the gender inequality of
women as the top-level is majorly acquired by all men and the lower level of management is by
appointed by women and there still partiality to women as mane are given help in their work as
the same level but not women which also discourage the women to work efficiency in the
industry and also not give their best as this segregation can also lead to depressions in women
and anxiety while doing their work. (Dimitriou and Sartzetaki, 2020)
As there are many examples where the women are objectified for sexuality to attract the
customers and also increase the sales. Which also caught many instances on the controversy in
the industry. And the movies also how women as the doing the work to please the customer and
not for the responsible roles which put a wrong message to the society and this creates a gap
between men and women.
The issues in the career of women start from the job selection the men in the industry
make it difficult for the women to get higher than men, and they purposely appoint them as their
lower level manager as it will hurt the self-esteem if the men to work under any women.(Wohl,
2015)

Skills and attributes required in the aviation industry
The aviation industry have analyses all the factor which are making the industry
inefficient and have also analyzed to recruit and hire the right candidates which are more
effective and also the better potential in them to achieve the set goals of the company effectively
and efficiently. The competition of the industry is also growing rapidly so the need to hire the
potential staff who are effective and also cost-efficient can help the different airline companies to
conquer the industry and become the leader. The demand of the airlines in the past few years
have increased due to increase in the low cost airplanes which provide the low cost fares for the
customers are attracting hem to save their time with more satisfying services and effective
traveling. The companies in the aviation industries aspires for the right candidate as the
competition and competition tactics can also enable the employees to switch their jobs with
better services and salaries. The company have to analyze the better ways to attract the potential
talent and also increase the employee loyalty to the company in the industry. (Newcomer and
et.al., 2018)
Reflection
As the flight attendant in the aviation industry in need to have some better skills and
potential so that I can increase the satisfaction of my customers and also provide with better
facilities which the passengers ask for. As I am working in the airlines and also dealing with the
customers I need to have the better charm and it will help to build a healthy relation with the
customer and also increase my work efficiency during the travel. I also need to provide with all
the information about the emergency exits and all the drill which we are trained while doing the
studies in aviation institute.(Krüger and Suchan, 2016) In the drill first we have to make the
customers tell all the information about what are they supposed to do when there is a case of
emergency or any kind of turbulence in the flight. When there is any serious case then I also
should have a good thinking and decision-making sills s o that I can handle the situation by
solving it effectively. As In the flight team I need to work as a team while service the food the
customers or while communicating to them I should not the selfish and also know how to
control my emotions in front of passengers. The most important skills which I need to be good at
is the communication skills as I have to convey any message and also be very humble while
talking to the passengers to increase the hospitality of the company and which will also increase

the goodwill of the company. I should also know some about the technical aspects of the flight
as in any emergency it will be helpful and it can also avoid any problem from becoming big and i
also need to know about resource management also that I can increase my efficiency in dealing
with the customers effectively. (Ferla and Graham, 2019)I should also be honest and trust worthy
to my passengers and do not touch any of the belonging of the passengers if the customers do not
say so. I should always have a positive attitude which will also help the passengers to be more
comfortable in communicating with be and also be able to connect me. As the flight attendant I
must also have to be checked thoroughly if I am not having any disease and I am well to travel as
if I travel with my disease there are chances that I can also transmit my disease to the passengers
and that will decrease the satisfaction level of them which is good for the goodwill of the
company and it can also decrease the sales of the company. The company will also appreciate me
for my good work and also provide me with good rewards to do efficient job and which will help
me to fulfill my needs.

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