Originally Posted by
shackone
OK...not a newbie, but not exactly an old head either. You entered aviation in 1995...the anti-discrimination battles had been fought and won by that time. What you have seen in your experience and what some of us older folks have seen are markedly different.
I did have a life prior to aviation.. 5 years in the Army, with it's own battles with AA, and 4 year at the university with it's battles with same. Newbie is hardly relevant to the debate.
That's easy enough to do.
"The kind of help on the hiring side I'd like to see is a system where "all else being equal" the one who came from nothing to get to where he was a "qualified and competitive" applicant should get the nod."
So let me ask you then...
ALL ELSE BEING EQUAL why not give the edge to the guy who wasn't born with the silver spoon?
This is your topic, not mine. You are the one pushing this subject, not me. AA began as an answer to discrimination. You started a topic about AA in reference to pilot hiring. I'm asking you if you think this discrimination still exists.
The topic is indeed mine, and my thesis which you clearly either refuse to accept as a result of a pre-held view on race/sex or because you just haven't seen it (which is negated by the fact that you're a veteran airline pilot).. is that.. (in caps for emphasis): WHITE WOMEN GET THE VAST MAJORITY OF AA's BENEFIT, WHILE THE WHINING IS 95% AGAINST RACIAL MINORITIES.. which frankly proves the point that discrimination and racism are alive and well..