Woman Flyer's Suit Rebuffed

frank h writes "According to this story, in April 1996 former U.S. Navy Lt. Carey Dunai Lohrenz was one of the first two women trained to fly the F-14 Tomcat. In 1995, the Center for Military Readiness published a special report entitled "CMR Special Report: Double Standards in Naval Aviation Training." The 20-page report, backed by 104 pages of training records and related documents, exposed a pattern of low scores and major errors in the F-14 training of both women that may have contributed to the tragic death of Kara Hultgreen. Lohrenz was removed from carrier aviation in May 1995, due to flawed flying techniques that her superiors described as "unsafe, undisciplined, and unpredictable." With the help of attorney Susan Barnes, a feminist activist, Lohrenz blamed Elaine Donnelly, former member of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), for causing her to wash out by publishing the report. The courts responded by dismissing Lohrenz’s action "with prejudice," which means (as I understand it) that the plaintiff cannot re-file the suit elsewhere."

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