Perhaps it's helpful to hire employees that understand that the minorities these groups are named after were, in some cases officially, and in some cases subliminally excluded from our industry for years. Perhaps they understand that these organizations exist to be inclusive, not divisive.

The fact that you can call them divisive truly only shows your ignorance, so I'd invite you to grab a member of any of these groups and ask them about what the purpose and benefit of them is.

In an industry where it's still common (in 2020!) to hear jokes about "empty kitchens" when a female controller is working, more gay jokes than I can even recall, and thinly veiled racism ("2 thugs, a towbar and a tug"), these organizations are a place where everyone is welcome and accepted, as long as they can be respectful.

I'm just a heavy equipment operator too, but it seems that United would not be taking its fiduciary responsibility seriously if it didn't attempt to reach out and engage minorities. I'm sorry it makes YOU feel uncomfortable, but tangent, United also reaches out to military members and family members of current employees with targeted career fairs. Certainly you don't feel those are divisive?


If you don't want United at a convention because "black", "women", or "gay" is in the name, then does that means you also feel that the other companies and government organizations that attend shouldn't be there either? If so, then you're saying that you don't even want "them" to have a career fair.

Let me know what other organization is sending pilots to schools in low income and minority areas, saying "Hey kids, I know you never see a black pilot in the movies (well, a sober one), but you can still achieve this goal if you work hard and look like me!"


I can't tell you how many times I've answered the question "but are there women pilots?"

I can't explain the frustration of visiting a school, and realizing that most of the girls in the class immediately lose interest when a male pilot walks in, in uniform. The joy in seeing the difference in their whole demeanor when a uniformed female pilot walks in.

And you know what's better than having a male white pilot or a male black pilot or a female pilot or a gay pilot talk to children? Having all of them, there together.

So please, educate me on what I'm missing with these "divisive" groups.


By the way, since I'm just a pilot... These companies seem to value diversity as well. Maybe they're on to something.

https://blog.shrm.org/workplace/fort...sity-happiness





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