Originally Posted by CaptainMark

getting back to the issue....here is some interesting reading"see below"...and A320...we have many african american pilots at FDX...as well as from all walks of life..in fact we have hired the first black female pilot here at FDX a couple of years ago...i responded to this thread in the fact that with all the stuff going on in the industry now a white male without PIC turbine time probably will not get hired...and being a white male is especially hard..not because of anything else other than competition..walk into any crewroom and u see whitey..am i right?...i personally know minorities at fdx who were hired without the quals that were set as minimums...no big deal...diversity is good...but being a jersey boy and playing ball against camden,st anthonys and atlantic city on a prep team...iv'e been called "kracker" before...and when i left the gym with 28pts...it became "bird"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!