Originally Posted by lear700pilot

Probably not the way he intended, but I get what he is saying. Since when does being: gay, female, black, Asian, white, male, etc. have anything to do with qualifications? These are factors part of the human species, but do they make us better at flying? (obvious answer here). So why then has it been allowed that companies associate themselves with these organizations and these are the only places these recruitment teams will meet with candidates? If you think about it, it is discrimination to whites, males, Indians, Asians, Muslims, Hindu, etc. because there are no organizations to represent them that these airlines associate themselves with. These carriers are one lawsuit away from not being associated with any of them and this could actually be something that happens.

There is no problem with organizations such as WIA, OBAP, NGPA, and whatever organization you want to create. I have a daughter and when she is older and interested in aviation I very well see being a member of WIA to help expose her to the aviation environment. Being apart of these organizations however shouldn't influence if one is selected for the interview, but DAL makes it very well known they are associated with WIA, NGPA, and OBAP and these only.

To be completely non discriminatory it should be job fairs such as aero crew or fapa and that's it. Shouldn't even be a place on any of these profiles to fill out what race or origin we are and allow credentials be the playing factor.