In my observations the women are at least getting the interviews first over men if you stick them side by side. Not always getting hired, but getting looked at first for sure.

 

It's anecdotal, but one of the guys I used to fly with got hired at United because I encouraged him to apply.

"They'd never hire me, man."

"Are you kidding me? You're black. They'll hire you tomorrow. Guys like you are a rare commodity. You're in demand. If you don't apply I'll kill you."

He applied. He never came back. Across the board I had better quals than he did in every area and had my app in longer. We worked at the same non-121 company (it wasn't even Part 135). Again, anecdotal, but draw whatever conclusions you want. He got hired. I never even got a call.

I'm not complaining, btw, don't take it that way. It's just your post brought it to mind.

 

Nah. I dont think so. I think when you were hired you thought you could bring that agenda to AA. Its not gonna work because you are wAAy too aggressive about it. So before you go and start a gofundme page for your next “friends of Dorothy” cruise, please consider who you are working with more than who you are employed by.

 

Ugh. This entire thread is a troll thread/pity party for white guys that feel that they've gotten the short stick in life.

If you can apply to a major, you've had it pretty good in life compared to most of the world. You keep complaining about minorities and you don't even realize that 95%-97% of airline pilots are still white guys. Maybe they have something you don't huh?

 

(I've not gotten the short stick all things considered. I'm a blessed individual by any measure.)

They have something I don't, all right. When I was flying into places like Afghanistan, Somalia, Angola, Rwanda, etc. they were doing round trips from St. Louis to Cedar Rapids.

LOL. Why'd you change your post? (Original below.)

Hitting the bottle a little early this evening?

And you call *US* trolls. HA HA.

My thanks to those who have actually contributed useful info to this thread. I think it's "NUFF SAID" time.

 

Gotta agree here. This thread is way past due for a padlock.

 

Because I started to sympathize with you for a microsecond, and then I read through the rest of the thread.

Your victim complex is frankly, laughable. You seem to act as if minorities and women get jobs in major airlines because of some "reverse discrimination" epidemic against white guys while simultaneously ignoring the fact that the vast majority of airline pilots are white men.

Lock this thread up, I don't care. You've already done what you've come here to do.

 

Where in the hell did you get the idea I have a victim complex?

I asked why I wasn't getting a call and was told my times are "average" -- others took the thread off the other direction, not me. Though perhaps they are right.

The fact is there are people with lower numbers than I do getting the call. Why? Beats me. Doesn't matter. I'll wind up where I'm supposed to be and I'll make the best of it.

I make no judgments on "minorities" (I have to wonder what kind of person even sees people like that rather than just as another human being, but whatever)--or anyone else for that matter--other than on a case by case basis . If they can fly great. If not, oh well.

There are good and bad in any group. But as an experiment I should pull a little Elizabeth Warren action and see what happens. Then when I get the call you'll say it wasn't because of that and I'm a conspiracy theorist blah blah blah.

You're a real peach btw.

 

Santini,

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