Originally Posted by
newarkblows
It would be very tempting for me but what happens to the one guy who is a large percentage Cherokee and can't get a look because there are a stack of "Cherokees" on top of his. I don't like how affirmative action works but I was raised in a comfortable household with a lot of opportunity. With what I was lucky enough to have I should be able to make my resume good enough to get to where I want to go. I have seen the women and minorities float over to CAL as well and it really doesn't bother me. Getting bent out of shape about every person that hit it right and got hired at the right time will just make you hate this job even more. Some people are lucky or know the right person but that really is just the way it goes.
I was raised in a working class household in the Southeast. Parents split so I joined the Navy to finance college. Flight instructed, flew 135 boxes at night and got 800 turbine PIC there. EMB145 turbine PIC over 1500. 7000 total. Hopefully that gets me in the lower tier of "competitive" right?
Flying a Delta jumpseat on 76 with female FO. Got to talking about what's competitive with the crew to get a look from Delta and she speaks up and says, "Oh, I got hired here with 2000 total. Flight instructed till 900 and went to regional XXX. I didn't upgrade, (translate NO turbine PIC) and hired into the right seat here in 2007. You should be golden."
I guess she was clueless.
Just got me to thinking about how proud I was of being a Cherokee now.