The central ideas of "Eileen Collins Is in Control" are
Collins had to struggle against gender bias and gender inequality, which still exist in aviation.
Collins has accomplished extraordinary things, but she is a normal person in many ways.
Explanation:
Eileen Collins Is in Control" is about Eileen Collins one of the pioneers of space explorations and the leading female figure in aviation in the time when there were no female astronaut
The text tries to locate her as a female professional in a male dominant environment carving out for herself a sort of life that she wants to live, and also to show the human side of the woman who seems to be in control of what she wants from life.
Answer: c. pretended not to hear
