Originally Posted by Thedude
So you have interviewed at a major in the last ten years?
I have had my apps in since the day I got my 1000 TPIC in '98.
My phone still has yet to ring from a major in the US.
Admittedly I did get close with TWA but AA bought them before I got the interview.
I was at a job fair in the Spring of 2001.
The UA rep wasn't really interested in talking to males.
He even insinuated that I had too much time for my age, 4000 TT and under 30.
Or some of the stories from buddies that interviewed at USAir.
The app window had closed some 3 months previous but yet there were females filling out the app just prior to the interview and being asked if they had any female friends that needed jobs.
The stories go on and on and UAL was quite possibly the biggest offender.
Admittedly one female that I though was a shoe in with UAL didn't get the job. I guess she was over qualified.
Now before you go thinking that I am anti-female, I am not.
I just want to see qualifications as the benchmark rather than gender or race.
Hopefully in the next wave of hiring some of the silliness will stop with HR.
Originally Posted by
uaav8r
Just curious, do you possess a 4 yr bachelor's degree?
Exactly what I was thinking. At my company I've heard a lot of the same complaints about hiring practices. However, when you ask one of these individuals "do you have a four year degree" ...SILENCE.
Anyone that thinks flight time is the sole determinant of qualification is going to be disappointed, this is 2013 not 1960. You've been listening to the wrong people in more ways than one!
My experience is that, all the minority and women pilots I know come from middle class families and have the degree. Even still 95% of the pilots I encounter are white males. So where's the discrimination?
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