Originally Posted by
cardiomd
Exactly, when I go to the airport or look at the pilot rosters, it is all brown and black chicks!
Oh wait, I haven't seen any. But yeah, it must be dem females and minorities stealing our jerbs.
Don't fall prey to the scapegoating. I'm not sure any of us would want to trade places with a black guy in America.
What you see at the airport is 40 years of ancient history, preserved in amber by the seniority system. The actual results experienced by those applying for jobs today are quite different.
Also the pool of available candidates has it's roots in grade school... who was interested in aviation. The fact that young white guys have a cultural affinity for airplanes determines the demographics of the pilot pool.
The issue then becomes how do you select from the pool of QUALIFIED candidates most of whom are white men. Not because other people can't be qualified, but they choose to do other things in life.