Originally Posted by
METARHIMS
Thanks for the info. I was looking at the WIA and OBAP websites, I'm unwilling to support organizations that look to "empower" based on race or gender... this is not something I can support, especially since said peoples seem to have considerable pro-hiring bias in the industry already and benefit from legal discrimination. We're all humans and all have our defects...to prefer pilots based on pre-determined genetics seems horrific, especially considering the safety sensitive nature of our job functions.
Hopefully United will attend a FAPA or AeroCrewSolutions conference sometime soon. In the meantime, I'll wait my turn...
If you do get an interview and this attitude is reveled, good luck with your future job search.