Originally Posted by
Learflyer
In my observations the women are at least getting the interviews first over men if you stick them side by side. Not always getting hired, but getting looked at first for sure.
It's anecdotal, but one of the guys I used to fly with got hired at United because I encouraged him to apply.
"They'd never hire me, man."
"Are you kidding me? You're black. They'll hire you tomorrow. Guys like you are a rare commodity. You're in demand. If you don't apply I'll kill you."
He applied. He never came back. Across the board I had better quals than he did in every area and had my app in longer. We worked at the same non-121 company (it wasn't even Part 135). Again, anecdotal, but draw whatever conclusions you want. He got hired. I never even got a call.
I'm not complaining, btw, don't take it that way. It's just your post brought it to mind.