Originally Posted by
Nordhavn
Mr. Aska killed 3 people so it is not a big deal? In your eyes because this was a crash at an ACMI carrier it doesn't matter? In all these hundreds of crashes caused by whitey, were they caused by incompetant people who were not fired for fear of bad PR and lawsuits? "Of course no one is suggesting that standards should be lowered" but that is exactly what will happen when companies do idiotic social experiments like this where safety is concerned. In your eyes we need to correct for all of the years of nepo hiring by hiring non white men even if some are like Mr. Aska? This is a bold strategy sir. Good luck.
The Atlas crash, and any other accident involving injury or the loss of life is certainly a big deal. The fact that Atlas kept him on and let him fly the line sounds like a problem with Atlas and their training program. The fact that their background check did not pick up on the fact that the guy was not being truthful regarding his past employment sounds like a problem with the system and I hope it has been corrected. The fact is- standards have been lowered for EVERYONE in this hiring cycle. Every major airline has at some point lowered their experience requirements during this cycle. Yet you seem to only be concerned with minorities. Plenty of non-minorities in the Aviate program, are you complaining about them too? Are you concerned that they might jeopardize air safety?
To be clear- No one like Mr. Aska or anyone else who has not proven that they can do the job deserves a seat on the flight deck regardless of their color/gender etc. UAL or any other airline recruiting people of color and/or women and requiring them to meet and/or exceed current industry standards should not be conflated with Mr. Aska being deceitful and/or Atlas having issues in its training program.
Oh, and since you asked. Yes, there are plenty of accidents involving incompetence and white pilots on record...the list is long but Pinnacle 3701 comes to mind.