Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
Affirmative action wasn't created to "give" more jobs to women or minorities. It was designed to simply make sure they had all the same opportunities to be hired.
Technically true...as AA defenders will point out, AA legislation contains no specific language that puts in place quotas, etc.
However, the actual implementation of AA has resulted in exactly that...reverse discrimination. No better example can be found than the Bakke case decided before the Supreme Court.
In the airline business, the usual example of this is the hiring practices of UAL in the 90s.
Originally Posted by
ToiletDuck
If african americans count for 12% of the population in the US then there is no reason why an industry should not have 12% of it's workers african american unless they simply weren't qualified.
Or that they simply were not interested in that line of work.
Aspiring black or other minority pilots will find the doors wide open these days. If their numbers are not representative of the population in general, then look to factors other than discrimination for the answer why.