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#44
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That post was slightly sarcastic, but that is the way management looks at things... “If we publicly support X group then Y demographic will think of us first when buying premium tickets or traveling for business.”
Folks in first class and frequent fliers don’t care about specific pilot backgrounds, but they do notice who sits up front...
Folks in first class and frequent fliers don’t care about specific pilot backgrounds, but they do notice who sits up front...
#45
Diversity and Inclusion is very important to American Airlines and many of us that work here. If it's not important to you, perhaps you should focus your efforts towards a company whose values align more closely with your own.
https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-ser...-diversity.jsp
https://www.aa.com/i18n/customer-ser...-diversity.jsp
Ummmmmm, I work ‘here’ and almost everyone I personally know that works here would probably say that just being a decent human being would suffice - but what’s really important are competence and not being a total AAHole to your fellow crew members and customers. But you believe whatever is in vogue with HR...
And guess what, that’s what the interview is about!!!
Priorities to fellow crew members :
1) Is this person going to be the reason all my fine pink mist escapes my big fat body in a horribly painful fashion and ties the hands of the insurance underwriters so that all my buddies are now out of work...
2) Can this person play well with the people we’ve already hired... ‘pilotsplaining’ - am I going to want to strangle you mid sequence - because I don’t think I can do ‘hard time’ and I really like making six figures staring out the window for a living.
3) Is this person going to scare off the people that pay me six figures to stare out the window...
Diversity and Inclusion are not why most of us came to work here - it’s about $4-7MM earned in your career looking out a window (and therefore proving your third grade teacher wrong) and having decent QWL with interesting people that you may be lucky enough to call friends.
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#46
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Joined APC: Apr 2018
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That post was slightly sarcastic, but that is the way management looks at things... “If we publicly support X group then Y demographic will think of us first when buying premium tickets or traveling for business.”
Folks in first class and frequent fliers don’t care about specific pilot backgrounds, but they do notice who sits up front...
Folks in first class and frequent fliers don’t care about specific pilot backgrounds, but they do notice who sits up front...
No, I hear ya. Just saying, people want professionals up front. They could care less what parades you march in on your days off. And like it or lump it, it’s reassuring to see that evil white male up front. I don’t think people say, “Wow, all I see are pale male pilots! I’m taking the bus!”
Funny, when I was overseas they wanted Americans in front. Being a white guy is a bonus everywhere but here I guess. Thank goodness my kids can claim “Native American”—they’re gonna’ need it.
#47
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Ummmmmm, I work ‘here’ and almost everyone I personally know that works here would probably say that just being a decent human being would suffice - but what’s really important are competence and not being a total AAHole to your fellow crew members and customers. But you believe whatever is in vogue with HR...
And guess what, that’s what the interview is about!!!
Priorities to fellow crew members :
1) Is this person going to be the reason all my fine pink mist escapes my big fat body in a horribly painful fashion and ties the hands of the insurance underwriters so that all my buddies are now out of work...
2) Can this person play well with the people we’ve already hired... ‘pilotsplaining’ - am I going to want to strangle you mid sequence - because I don’t think I can do ‘hard time’ and I really like making six figures staring out the window for a living.
3) Is this person going to scare off the people that pay me six figures to stare out the window...
Diversity and Inclusion are not why most of us came to work here - it’s about $4-7MM earned in your career looking out a window (and therefore proving your third grade teacher wrong) and having decent QWL with interesting people that you may be lucky enough to call friends.
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And guess what, that’s what the interview is about!!!
Priorities to fellow crew members :
1) Is this person going to be the reason all my fine pink mist escapes my big fat body in a horribly painful fashion and ties the hands of the insurance underwriters so that all my buddies are now out of work...
2) Can this person play well with the people we’ve already hired... ‘pilotsplaining’ - am I going to want to strangle you mid sequence - because I don’t think I can do ‘hard time’ and I really like making six figures staring out the window for a living.
3) Is this person going to scare off the people that pay me six figures to stare out the window...
Diversity and Inclusion are not why most of us came to work here - it’s about $4-7MM earned in your career looking out a window (and therefore proving your third grade teacher wrong) and having decent QWL with interesting people that you may be lucky enough to call friends.
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#48
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Joined APC: Aug 2016
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Ummmmmm, I work ‘here’ and almost everyone I personally know that works here would probably say that just being a decent human being would suffice - but what’s really important are competence and not being a total AAHole to your fellow crew members and customers. But you believe whatever is in vogue with HR...
#50
It may sound ridiculous, but I'm starting to hear more about having some type of community service on your app gives it a better scoring chance with the filtering programs the legacies now use. Had a flight attendent recently who's boyfriend is at Republic mention this also. They volunteered a few weekends at their local soup kitchen helping to feed the homeless so he could add it to his application.
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