Originally Posted by
hummingbear
Aren't you unintentionally arguing in favor of the Aviate initiative? United is not creating a hiring quota through this program as you are implying. They are committing to providing training opportunities to a certain number of people who will then have the opportunity to interview for a job with United. There are no guaranteed jobs. Basically, they are investing at the zero to CFI level to ensure more diversity among the field of competent and qualified applicants they have to choose from. If you're really all for "pour[ing] all your efforts into expanding equality of opportunity" like you claim, it seems like you'd be all for this.
So, messaging. I think the messaging of this has been poor. It is being perceived as Affirmative Action and mandated hiring.
I'm having a really hard time finding support for this on the internet. Heck, I've even read: "hell must have just froze over because I'm a Democrat and I agree with Tucker Carlson on this." (If you haven't seen Tucker's video on it, it's easy to find) The backlash on FB/Twitter and in other forms of media so far has been pretty astoundingly bad and rapid. And again, from all walks of life and sides of the political isle.