Well, I think I get what you're saying.... BUT, I am for less diversity, and more quality. I seem to be noticing that the standards get lower if someone can fit neatly into some sort of "category" or "class". Donning my flame suit as well, but I really don't care what color someone is, or if they are a damn (darn) yankee, or Puerto Rican, yada, yada, yada. But, I get a sense that people are getting a "leg up" on the competition if they are in a minority group or a perceived minority group. This profession, and frankly all professions need to garner "get what you earn" and "earn what you get" . I think it waters down the champagne for those that work really hard to get somewhere when some folks are given a leg up just because they fit into a neat little HR category on some silly HR form in some silly HR office filled out by some silly HR person, who went to some silly HR classes and who has no perspective on the profession other than what he learned from his/her HR associate professor. This is our profession, our career. The HR people come and go, they aren't married to this airline like we are. It's a pilot's profession first and last. As I said, my flame suit is donned and I wore insulated asbestos drawers.