It is not bad. It’s good.

Having different standards is bad. Removing standards for political and ideological motivations is bad. Ignoring HR, personal and safety issues in hiring of pilots and air traffic controllers is bad.

This has been going on for decades. The flavor and color of the preferred candidates changes, but the bias, nepotism, blatant bigotry and favoritism does not. It’s packaged as “Good Leads the Way”, but it is the exact opposite.

You say 93% of pilots are white males. In NTSB reportable accidents and incidents, what percentage of pilots involved are white males? Take a guess? It’s much less than 93%, because standards were reduced to fulfill ideological goals. Employees and customers are expendable because of political ideology.

The desire for “diversity” exceeds the supply of adequate candidates. So, standards are reduced until the diversity goals are achieved. This probably leads to more preventable incidents and accidents, HR problems, etc., but airlines have made the decision that this is the cost of doing business, this is OK.

DEI has some negative consequences. These issues should be addressed before there is needless injury and death.