Fly the Fiendly Skies

One of my favorite airplane stories - it's true, you can't make this stuff up - was told on herself by a well-known feminist who was in demand for speaking engagements around the country. She had a terror of flying, and so took a course to help her overcome it. It was suggested to her that on her first flight after "graduation" she asked to be introduced to the pilot, in order to put a human face to the man who would hold her life in his hands. She did, except that the man turned out to be a woman, and the feminist burst out crying.