Apparently. I don't want to get too far off topic, but after re-reading your post, I still fail to see how giving a female or black pilot a leg up over a white male does anything to fix the wrongs of the past. All it does is repeat them. I also understand that you quoted some statistics on the number of white males compared to females or minorities in aviation. I think it's ludacris to try and staff an airline based on the amount of miniorities in the total US workforce. What's more likely...US Airlines are trying to hold down miniorities and females...or miniorities and females are interested in careers other than aviation? I'm not saying this is a "White Man's World" (cuz that's f&%*ing ignorant) but is it too much to believe that maybe...just maybe...there's not that many females that really want to be pilots?

P.S. - This topic usually gets locked up quicker than a pedophile at the National Spelling Bee.