Originally Posted by
GHOST
Take that BS somewhere else. For every minority you claim to know who’s advanced faster than your white counterparts, I can similarly name a white/male pilot who’s advanced to a legacy faster than his peers. These types of pilots have been children of CheckAirmen, Chief Pilots or just part of the good ole boys club. I’m not calling you racist because I know your “neighbor/best friend is black.” White males are not being discriminated against in this country, and especially not the aviation industry. To claim that minority aviators have an easier path to the flight deck is just plain ignorance.
Some people are lucky. Some people check a box. I have been on the other side of interview tables and I have personally witnessed the “we need to figure out how to hire every single (insert gender/ethnicity here) who walks through the door” speech. Don’t try and tell me that doesn’t happen. I have seen it first hand.
I could provide specifics of people I’ve known, but I won’t. Wouldn’t change anyone’s minds.
To say that “white people” aren’t discriminated against is absolutely crazy.
Every single day, a white guy gets rejected from law school, med school, etc, and etc because “white.” Affirmative action is legalized discrimination. There should be no check marks for ethnicity on any application to any school or job.
How bout that?
Doesn’t that idea strike you as fair?
How is race/gender relevant to what someone can do? Why do we ask on an app?
Your idealism falls far short of reality. We have created a world where discrimination is systematic and required by law. The real issue from my perspective is that it’s never gonna go away. Affirmative action is just as wrong as any of the old discrimination, but it’s something we all put up with because it’s socially acceptable to screw people on account of what people who look like them a hundred years back actually did.