Man this thread sounds eerily familiar to a thread from a few years back. Hell, at any rate, I'll chime in.

For years the white male was at the top of the "food chain" so to speak and still is here in America, Europe and Austrailia. Minorities and women were passed over despite their meeting and in most cases exceeding qualifications.

The percentages of blacks and other minorities among U.S. pilots are so low it's hard to find meaningful statistics. A 1997 National Academies report, "Taking Flight: Education and Training for Aviation Careers" found 92 percent of U.S. airline pilots in 1990 were white men, compared with 43 percent in the civilian labor force. Less than 2 percent were black and less than 3 percent hispanic.

Times have changed and are still changing, however, do you really think the aforementioned statistics have changed that much. IMHO, it's probably the same. All human and intellectual capital (regardless of race and/or gender) must be tapped into and used to OUR nation's advantage. I firmly believe that the mindset of "you guys" (LMAO....sorry couldn't help that one - ) has and is changing.



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