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I was referring to having military experience or getting a masters in anything. Unless I'm missing the point of just about all of your posts above as they seem to be all over the place. In any profession, hiring anyone on the basis of things other than their merits does nothing for them or their profession. This is just really academic, though, if you can fog a mirror, have an ATP and a class I, your chances to be hired are excellent regardless of some immutable trait you may have. Unless you are talking about gender, which you can change at will.
My apologies for making an assumption as to which two attributes you were referring to. That said, I disagree with your assertion. I have a masters degree, it says nothing about my pilot abilities, I also do not believe it is an indicator of future success or failure with regard to flying in the 121 environment.
You’re right, hiring should be based on merit and merit alone. My issue is the implication that if you’re a person of color then your opportunity must have been given, not earned.
As you stated, this is all academic. Anyone with a pulse and an ATP can get hired right now…90+ percent of those pulses will belong to a non-minority so stay calm people. Besides, it’s not DEI policies that are going to take your jobs, it’s computers.