ShyGuy

Contrary to rumors, Delta does hire white pilots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnqZnw25E-E

Riverside

If I recall the mother is on the hiring board.

crewdawg

^^^this right here! I get that it seems stupid that they'd even ask questions about high school GPAs/no failed UPT rides. But it's their game and their ball, it's all about your answers and how you explain yourself. I had terrible (sub 3.0) GPAs in high school/college and it was never even addressed...could have just been the interviewers I got that day. If you get defensive or dismissive about it, it won't end well. Explain to them that you were working two jobs to pay your way through college and use that time to talk about how it made you better. Heck, even saying you were young/foolish and had misplaced priorities, then showcasing how you turned that around...it will likely end up mo betta. Either way, my point was simply having a bad GPA isn't going to keep you from the job, I am a testament to that.

Be humble and answer every question by owning up to mistakes and explaining what you learned, will go a long way. I too was asked if I really only hooked one ride in UPT...I laughed and said I was a great negotiator in the debrief. I then explained my hook it tweets and how I fixed it.

I actually couldn't agree more. My AAL interview was infinitely more fun/relaxed and less stressful than my DAL interview...two totally different styles of interview. If I had chosen which airline to go to based simply on the interview, I'd still be at AAL. It is what it is, but I can assure you that DALs interview structure is nowhere near a reflection of the culture on the line.

Rahlifer

After reading this thread, I’m totally woke!! I can’t believe that the big D is so discriminatory against poor white dudes. Even though I’ve literally NEVER seen anything other than ancient white dudes on the flight deck of any flight I’ve ever jumpseated or deadheaded on. Maybe we should start a go fund me or something for all the poor white dudes that are being treated so harshly by society. 🙄🙄

ShyGuy

I see what you're trying to say, but those "ancient white dudes" (your words) were hired back in those times, 20-30 yrs ago. It looks like most people here are talking about hiring practices of the last couple years.

OOfff

And yet, we still have 94% of seats going to those disadvantaged white males 🤔

It got real quiet in here when I asked people for any real evidence of an anti-white-male bias in pilot hiring. Strange how firmly some people believe in things without evidence.

m3113n1a1

These kind of people don't believe in data or facts. They only believe anecdotal stories that fit their view. You can't get through to them at all, so we might as well stop trying.

ICUROOK

lol, you provided no more "data and facts" then anybody else. Any data provided thus far has not been cited. On top of that, 94% if it is true is meaningless unless we put that up against the percentage of applicants. If the applicants were 97% white male, then guess what, they may have been discriminated against.

Use that 3.8 high school GPA that got you hired at Delta to figure out that data and statistics in a vacuum can be manipulated to support any side you want.

80ktsClamp

...and thus proving the fact that the millineals very much do not have the market in entitlement cornered.

How about those military statistics you were faced with? Always an excuse...

OOfff

So, where are the data to support your complaints of anti-white-male bias?

If we assume that WAI has a handle on the number of female commercial pilots at a hair over 5%, and we know that women are likely more well-represented at the younger end of the spectrum, I don’t see any room for anti-male bias in those numbers.


But if you have any corrected numbers with a source, feel free to post it.