We reviewed many factors here, from the behaviors of males and females to their abilities to withstand G forces.
Despite some basic cognitive and physical differences between the genders, all the research to date on the topic of whether females are as suited as men for the cockpit has concluded that sex-discrimination in the training or performing of flying careers is not scientifically supported.
Carretta completed his study on gender acquisition of pilot skills by saying that there is "no argument for a sex-separated training syllabus" (1997).
In 1986, Gillingham and colleagues looked at women's G tolerance and its relationship to flying. Their research led to the conclusion that "women should not categorically be excluded from aircrew duties for reasons of G tolerance." Newsom and colleges also studied female tolerance to +GZ centrifugation.
They discovered that female "tolerance to a selected level of +GZ acceleration did not differ significantly from that observed in males" (1977).
Baisden (1997) researched Gender and Performance in Naval Aviation Training.
She resolved that the attrition rate for females in pilot training was not significantly different from that of the male's attrition rate.
Another study by Carretta on differences in gender on pilot selection tests indicated that although there were sex differences in mean test performance, models of ability and flying skills "showed similar results for men and women" (1997).
Lyons' research on aeromedical concerns for females in the cockpit looked at many health interests that might be a factor in the flying world. He concluded, "although men on are on the average, larger, stronger, and more aerobically fit than women, there are large variations within each sex and a large overlap between the sexes" (1992).
Last, a study by Cannon (1986) showed that women were just as capable as men at using a peripheral display in the cockpit.