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A female WestJet pilot was the subject of a shocking note written on a napkin by a passenger who wrote that women did not have a place in the cockpit.

The note was found by a cleaning crew after a weekend flight from Calgary to Victoria. Among other things, it said that the cockpit is “no place for a woman.”

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The note also said that for a woman, “being a mother is the most honor.” It was signed from “David.”

The pilot, Carey Steacy, has been flying with WestJet for nine years.

“It made me feel sad. It was just surprising,” Steacy told CTV Vancouver. “I can’t believe that there’s people that still think that way.”

“In fact, there are no places that are not for ladies anymore,” Steacy wrote on Facebook. “I felt like I needed to respond to his opinion. He absolutely has his right to his opinion and I have a right to disagree with it.”

The flight crew said that the passenger in question became somewhat agitated when he heard a female voice introducing the flight and asked the flight attendants repeatedly about how much experience the captain had.

The full note read:

To Capt/WestJet The cockpit of an airliner is no place for a woman. A woman being a mother is the most honor, not as “captain.” We’re short mothers, not pilots WestJet. Proverbs 31 PS I wish WestJet could tell me a fair lady is at the helm so I could book another flight! In the end this is all mere vanity. Not impressed. Respectfully in love, David.

“Almost every day, people I find are a little bit surprised. I think it’s just because women aren’t enrolling in flight schools — not because they’re not being hired, but because they’re not enrolling in it,” Steacy told CTV Vancouver. “Either it’s because they don’t think they can, or they have been told that it’s not for women, or that they can’t do it. And I just hope that that mindset can change like it has in a lot of professions.”