Originally Posted by
PilotWombat
With class 12-21, we've had 649 hired this year. 162 in Oct, 193 in Nov, and 76 in Dec. If the 28th is the biggest class of the year, it'll have to be at least 59 pilots, putting the total this year north of 708.
For those that care about such things, a whopping 21 of the 617 pilots hired through class 20-21 are female, half of which were in the last two classes. Better yet, only 8 are black. Greater than 91.5% of all new hires this year are white men. Diversity indeed.
How does that stack up with commercial pilots in general I wonder? Do any HBCUs offer a flight program? All I hear in FL on CTAF frequencies are diverse accents. At $150K for training, I think there are several people under represented. What's the native American and pacific islander count? My kids won't be getting an Embry education because it's cheaper to reinstate my CFIs and buy an airplane.