Originally Posted by
detpilot
Did you ever consider that maybe some of those guys fit in both categories?
Sure, there are people who slipped through the cracks. But no one can deny that aviation was, in those times (and still is, in a way) the poster child conservative, white, male industry.
To say that affirmative action wasn't needed back then is blindly ignoring the truth- that the playing field was NOT level.
The only reason I posted this is that it's insulting to those who aren't white males, who worked their butts off as much if not more than anyone else, and are great pilots; but yet are lumped into a group with people who aren't qualified for the position.
There are just as many unqualified "good old boys" who's dad was the chief pilot, etc, employed at major airlines as there are unqualified pilots from ANY group.
Nope, sorry bud. Tons of them were eventually let go because they didnt have the experience in the first place. Couldnt hack the job. Bad for them. EEOC hiring mandates are simply reverse discrimination due to the fact that you GIVE a job to someone of LESS quals just to fill a quota. Bad for both sides.
I assume you are a minority. It must be frustrating to have people look at you and assume you didnt have the quals to get here, but were hired because of ethnicity. A crime in its self....
I will fight side by side with you to end discrimination, but when you ask for "special" treatment, well you are on your own....
Frats,
J