Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Females make up 50% of the population, but significantly less of the pilot workforce. Probably <5%. Do these "discrimination" laws not consider that glaring discrepancy? I figure the amount of females hired only for their gender is negligible, so I'm not losing sleep over it, but if there is such a regulatory policy it ought to factor in the preexisting demographical makeup of a particular career field.
It's basically the same in reverse for male nurses. The guy has a much better chance to be hired all else equal, just to balance the numbers.