Having imparted training to female pilots for transport aircraft and choppers for 15 years, senior IAF officials and researchers now strongly believe the time has come to open the doors of fighter cockpits to women cadets as they have been consistently performing at par with their male counterparts.
Till date, female cadres have been kept out of flying fighter aircraft while the other two wings, helicopter and transport, were open to them.
"I would definitely recommend that girls should be inducted for fighter aircraft. In every batch we have girl cadets performing at par with boys and I see no reason why they should not be considered for fighter cockpits," said group captain Chetan Bali, head of the flying faculty at premier Air Force Academy in Dundigal near Hyderabad.
Bali, who has more than 5,300 hours of flying experience however, said the decision has to be taken at the highest level.
"We are waiting for IAF to take the decision and I hope it will take place very soon," he said.
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