Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
But one little detail that you didn’t mention: all that diversity hiring was the result of an EEOC consent decree with United to change its pilot hiring practices to include more minorities and females that were hired. Via other lawsuits about sex and age discrimination for flight attendants, United was forced to change its policies.
Fast forward 40+ years, United has adopted and been a leader in diversity hiring in our industry. They walk the talk every day. I have no doubt that eventually United would have gotten to this point naturally as we are seeing with many other companies and industries, but the original EEOC involvement jump started the process putting United far ahead of others.
We won't be a winner until we stop being a loser. If we're worried about percentages of various categories of minorities instead of simply hiring the best of the best we are losing. We are losing better candidates to our competitors. Playing to win implies a willingness and a want to - to compete that is. I guess we will hire the best and brightest diversity candidates we can find. That about sums it up.