Originally Posted by Bluesideup1

How much easier could the barriers be. If you are a Woman or a minority you will get called before any male or white person with the same experience. There is OBAP or the black pilots association that will call the recruiting centers telling them they have new applicants eligible and then they will give them a scholarship to get a type rating if needed. This is true of WIA or Women in Aviation also.



Women and minorities get preferential treatment right now and if the roles were reversed where only whites or men got those same benefits there would be lawsuits and news coverage saying how racists and misogynistic those hiring practices were.



Not to mention all the scholarships and affirmative action for those that need to go to college.



If it was made any easier they would just take the first female minority passenger that walked on the airplane and put her in the cockpit.