Originally Posted by
velosnow
Facts? See below.
"Today, 4.1 percent of airline transport pilots (ATPs) are women, 2.7 percent are black or African-American, 2.5 percent are Asian and 5 percent are Hispanic or Latino."
Source...
Airlines' flight decks lack diversity | TheHill
Do you really think that these folks are really getting hired in front of 85% of everyone else? There are also many young white male FOs with ZERO PIC who get hired because of connections. Life isn't fair, but don't blame everyone else because you can't get hired is my point.
That anger shows through and won't help you one bit.
I assume I can get hired when I find the time to jump through all the hoops, so no anger on my part yet. But I sure see it in a lot of my peers.
Connections are a part of life and the human condition, somebody worked hard and succeeded and now are in a position to help people they know. Complaining about that is pssing in the wind.
Government-mandated affirmative action on the other hand can be summed up in two letters.