Originally Posted by
sarahswhere
Much better explanation. There are three females in my class of 24 new hires, so that's roughly 10%. I don't know about other classes. I also don't know what the current percentage is in company but that's irrelevant anyways. Why should the current percentage stay the same? Perhaps more females are interested in getting hired as time goes on.
I believe in merit based hiring. I also don't care if females are being hired at slightly faster rates to encourage growth by females in the industry. On the other hand, I don't think a female should get hired solely because she is a female independent of all other factors (experience, performance, etc).
By the way, the department of labor says that females make up 6% of the pilot labor force.