Originally Posted by
stillageek
Ever think women and minorities work harder to advance because that's all they know? Their whole lives they have to constantly prove themselves worthy of voting, driving, having a job.
Saudi Arabia is 8000 miles east of here. Hyperbole much?
Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Minorities have a tougher road to getting established in this profession. But so do poor kids, or kids who have no college or even H.S.(!!) graduates in their family, to help mentor them. So WAI and OBAP, among other organizations, are great for the mentorship and support they provide. But when it comes down to the bottom line the job isn’t a glee club, it’s a job that has performance standards that have to be met.
This is how you do ‘it...’ There are a lot of people in this profession (even poor good looking fat white kids like me) that had a lot of luck, and/or were blessed to have some great help ALONG with hard work and drive. If I didn’t have a few great mentors looking out for me I would not be even close to achieving my childhood dream.
Regardless of where you come from or how you got the job, if you really give a crap get involved in mentoring or hiring instead of pestering the rest of humanity into some sort of woe is me guilt trip. Being involved in hiring is one of the best things I’ve ever done professionally.
If your dad was an airline pilot and you began flying at 10, that’s awesome! If you are a young black girl with horrible family problems that some how made it through life with a great sense of humor, a college flight program and followed her dreams WITHOUT OBAP/WAI that’s amazing - oh yeah - I was on her hiring board - and guess what - she was the most qualified, all around best candidate my reserve squadron had seen in years. Was it because she was a ‘poor black girl that finally made it and we all felt sorry for her? Uhhhhh, no. She was flat out the best candidate and we wanted her at the squadron because she was awesome and showed herself approved at 21 to take on the world. I’ve also sat on a board of a legacy airline CKA’s kid. Another great candidate we were lucky to hire...
1. Don’t turn me into a gelatinous gooey ball of meat and twisted aluminum along with the other 100+ people on board followed very closely by
2. Don’t make everybody around you want to pummel you into that gelatinous gooey ball of meat because you are a horrible human being.
How in the he77 is it that hard?
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