All good points and taken in the spirit they are offered.
The question ‘why make an issue out of it’ is a good one. If it was just this instance of ‘possible discrimination’ then it probably wouldn’t register but there are a number of other instances where this kind of thing has cropped up.
For example, the airport she works from has a pay cap placed on it, i.e. someone doing more or less the same job from that airport cannot reach the same earning potential as someone from another airport down the road. The reason given is that the operation from that airport doesn’t make any profit but that is quite clearly because the company has engineered it that way (all the profitable routes are given to the other airport).
Now all that is one thing, but actually, there is a far higher proportion of female pilots at this pay capped airport than the other one (not sure why but we think it’s because it’s an easier place to balance work and family from).
There was also an instance where she was told she couldn’t claim expenses for being sent to the other airport while she was grounded (they don’t allow women to fly while pregnant) even though if she has to go to the other airport while not grounded, she can claim expenses. She was told ‘you can’t have it all your own way love’, which prompted a call to HR who promptly over ruled the manager.
I/we aren’t strongly wedded to an issue here, just appreciative of your views.