Originally Posted by rickair7777
I doubt that being pretty has much to do with it. The underlying cause is that any company that does business with the federal government has to implement quotas. Most airlines do at least one of these things: Carry gov/military pax, carry mail, participate in CRAF, carry cargo for fed/military.
There are requirements that such businesses either meet specific quotas or, failing that, have an agressive program to improve their numbers.
Since there are physically not enough female/minority pilots to come anywhere to meeting the quotas, many companies are on a perpetual quest to show that they are trying really, really hard.
Delta airlines, a DOD carrier refused to knuckle under to the threats of the EEOC or Affirmative action groups during the 80s as United the greatest offender, did. The minorites they hired were and still qualified cockpit crewmembers.
I can't make claims to any additional training provided to certain individuals so as to meet the airline requirements and satisfy the EEOC and AA organizations. Only employees of those airlines can make such claims.