Originally Posted by
skyxbomb
Oh yea I remember 13 years ago when I was trying to apply to Harvard. I pretty much needed 1500 or higher on my SATs because I'm asian while your typical "white" American needed 1300 or 1200 if you were black or Hispanic. Quit your whining. Or maybe I should put in my résumé with the majors and get hired to test your theory. Last I check I think 90% of pilots in majors were white males.
The point is not that we don't want minority pilots, it is the fact that they don't hire based on qualifications or experience. Kinda important in a jet.
When I was a chief flight instructor at a 141 school, I had three instructors hired straight into United with a few hundred hours. I had thousands and couldn't get an interview.
When I was a regional captain, every minority FO I flew with went to United, UPS, and American. I couldn't get an interview.
I met a girl at United when I was jumpseating. She had 400 hours and was doing IOE. I had 10,000 and a master's degree when I got hired at a major.
Oh well, that's life. Like I tell my kids, "life's not fair."