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MLA citation 

Thesis/Main Point of Article 

Does the article prove its argument? How? 

How does this content help you make your argument with your paper? 

Finding “quotes.” Include MLA parenthetical citation 

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Bazargan, Massoud, and Vitaly Guzhva “Impact of Gender, Age and Experience of Pilots on General Aviation Accidents.” Accident Analysis and Prevention. Vol. 43, no. 3. 2011: 962–970. Print. 

This book examines the connection between general aviation accidents based on sex, age and experience. It also suggests ways to improve flight safety in the future based on learning from this knowledge. 

This article proves its argument by presenting spreadsheets and data analysis of the accidents of female and male pilots. By comparison there are noticeable factors that influence those rates. 

This article helped me prove that there’s no connection between gender and pilot’s abilities: even though women cause more accidents, men take more risks and cause more fatal accidents. 

“male general aviation pilots are taking more risks than female pilots and those risks lead to more fatal accidents” (Bazargan and Guzhva 966). 

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Miller, Scot, Perceptions of Racial and Gender Bias in Naval Aviation Flight Training. California: Naval Postgraduate School Monterey Ca. 1994. Print. 

This research report from the Naval academy sets out to determine if there is an evidence of racial and gender bias in naval flight training. More specifically, it examines both double standards and also if bias affects the overall success of their flight training programs. 

This article proves its argument by collecting information from pilot students and comparing it to each other. At the end of the book there is a special section with anonymous comments made by pilots.  

This content help me prove that there is discrimination in the aviation field as well as double-standard bias. Those two caused a better success rate for white male student vs. minority students. The comments made by pilots are a great source of information. 

“White male students succeed at a rate 10-20 percent greater than female and minority students for the overall flight program” (Miller 10). 

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Mitchell, Jim, Alexandra Kristovics and Leo Vermeulen. “Gender Issues in Aviation: Pilot Perceptions and Employment Relations.” International Journal of Employment Studies. Vol. 14, no. 1. 2006: 35–59. Web. 

This journal article explores research done in Australia that looks at both male and female flight performance and perception and how the two differ. It also shows the influence of common stereotypes on men and women in the aviation industry. 

This research is based in Australia where the authors examined a large group of pilots to determine their performance vs. stereotypes. They also focused on what has to improved to change the current absence of women in aviation.  

This work helped me prove that there needs to be a change made in the aviation industry in order to get more women involved but also that there is an existing problem with discrimination.  

“The aviation industry, in an attempt to encourage women to take up flying as a career, needs to address many latent issues that provide disincentives to women” (Mitchell and Kristivics and Vermeulen 55) 

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Tinoco, Janet Kay and Genderie Rivera. “Absent Aviators: Gender Issues in Aviation.” Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal. Vol. 36, no. 1, 2017: 105–107. Print. 

A book that explores the traditional lack of women in aviation industries. The information is based on several research manuscripts from around the world and explores both physiological and psychological differences between men and women in aviation. 

This book explores how gender is perceived and treated in aviation industry- from the moment of training as a pilot to being hired. It also bring up important part of gender discrimination which is cockpit that is made for men.  

This paper helped me understand how gender differences influenced the actual airplane and how discrimination caused creating it only for male pilots. This aligns with my thesis about lack of women in aviation. 

“These three chapters reiterate the need for cockpit 

design and the human-machine interface of advanced flight deck systems to consider key gender differences in their design, test, and evaluation. Female pilots continue to be underrepresented in the evaluation of aviation equipment” (Tinoco and Rivera 106) 

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Walton, Robert O., and P. Michael Politano. “Gender-Related Perceptions and Stress, Anxiety, and Depression on the Flight Deck.” Aviation Psychology and Applied Human Factors Vol. 4, no. 2. 2014: 67-73. Print. 

This scientific journal explores research that was done on a group of aviators regarding their stress, anxiety and depression on the job. The results compare how these factors affect men and women differently. 

This article proves its argument by the database that comes from a research done on a group of aviators. It also presents a little bit of history behind this occupation itself- male dominated. 

This article helped me prove that aviation is a male based industry causing women suffer from sexism, discrimination, stress and anxiety what makes them a minority group.  

“Aviation, in particular, is one of those nongender-neutral occupations. It had been historically considered to be a fixed masculine occupation” (Walton and Politano 68). 

“The continuation of the gendered culture of masculine beliefs, values, and gender biases of the air pilot industry has resulted in sexism, high visibility and scrutiny, isolation and ostracism, less favorable advancement opportunities, and harassment of female pilots” (Walton and Politano 68)