I don't think he's suggesting that at all! I think that what he's saying is that woman and minority pilots that are qualified would be shut out of the system. History bares him out to be correct on this one!

There's already a soft racism prevalent in our industry that makes the assumption that minorities and women were given a "break" in order to get on the flight deck. All I can say is that the two black captains I've flown with far exceeded the job requirements at their time of hire. One has all is ratings (by this I mean helicopter, A&P, in addition to the fixed wing ratings) the other built his time flying Lear 35s before coming to the company. Meanwhile most of the non-minoirty pilots entered after being CFI's in C-172s and seminoles.

Finally, if all this AA is giving advantages to minorities and women, why is it that I've only flown with two black captains, 2 hispanic captains, and 2 female captains in the past year? How often do you see two white guys sitting in the cockpit?