Ahh, the good old days. No crappy CRM to deal with. Making all the sexist and racist jokes you wanted. Not having to share a cockpit with an "empty kitchen". Worse accident rates. Makes me feel warm inside just thinking about it.

As you trumpet your decades of superior experience, don't forget the simple fact: Flying today is not that difficult, and there are heaps of applicants out there who will have a safe career doing it. Learning new things, cooperating, and changing with the times SHOULD be a significant portion of the qualification. Maybe (and we'll go on your word only) your flying only qualifications are better. But intuition tells me that many women and minorities are better at the other skills, not because they want to be, but because getting by in life often forced them to be.

So, as many white guys make assumptions when they see women and minorities, they might give themselves a taste of their own medicine, and assume, without basis, that the older white guy is not as skilled at communicating, fairness, cooperation, and the other qualifications required to be a good employee and superior pilot.