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Old 02-17-2017, 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Learflyer View Post
What? The guy used the word "pregnant." You freak! He's not allowed to use that term?
Apparently not!
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Old 02-17-2017, 09:50 AM
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REALLY? Ya think that might have something to do with it? That's a huge reason why women have a glass ceiling. You knock your wife/girlfriend up, then keep working and going to the bar with your buddies. She ends up taking 5 years off work. Don't be a pig.
Is it coming as a shock to you that there are multiple definitions of the same word?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnant

BTW, even if pregnancy (in the biological sense) enters into the equation, how exactly, should this biological impact on earnings/career progression be remedied?
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Old 02-17-2017, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano View Post
Is it coming as a shock to you that there are multiple definitions of the same word?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pregnant

BTW, even if pregnancy (in the biological sense) enters into the equation, how exactly, should this biological impact on earnings/career progression be remedied?
Simple. Have the men birth the children and the women dig the ditches and mine the coal.
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Old 02-17-2017, 10:00 AM
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You knock your wife/girlfriend up, then keep working and going to the bar with your buddies. .
You must not be married.
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You must not be married.
Apparently she isn't.
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Old 02-20-2017, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by popcorn View Post
REALLY? Ya think that might have something to do with it? That's a huge reason why women have a glass ceiling. You knock your wife/girlfriend up, then keep working and going to the bar with your buddies. She ends up taking 5 years off work. Don't be a pig.
Did someone make a bad choice when choosing their spouse and are now bitter/angry about it and vent that frustration on the ENTIRE male population?
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According to the United States Department of Labor, the leading Occupations of Employed Women for 2009 are secretaries, nurses, teachers and cashiers, in that order.

96.8% of secretaries and administrative assistants are women.

92% of registered nurses are women

81.9% of elementary and middle school teachers are women

74.4% of cashiers are women

88.5% of nursing, psychiatric and home health aides are women

71.6% of waiters and waitresses are women

89.9% of maids and housekeeping cleaners are women

67.9% of customer service representatives are women

95.1% of child-care workers are women

92.3% of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks are women

95.1% of receptionists and information clerks are women

71.3% of first-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support are women

91.6% of teacher assistants are women

82% of office clerks, general, are women

85.2% of personal and home care aides are women




Where is the outrage?






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That list has one thing in common--indoor work that frequently involves interpersonal skills.


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That list has one thing in common--indoor work that frequently involves interpersonal skills.


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That, and most of these jobs mentioned are usually working under or as assistants to people in careers that are predominantly male careers...

Example: look at any accounting firm. The majority of receptionists, assistants, lower-level accountants may be women, but look at the high-paying jobs like CPAs and partners, the vast majority of those are men.

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Old 02-24-2017, 10:18 AM
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I see a lot of outrage over women and minority hiring preferences, that is supposedly going on currently at the majors. If you look at the Delta and United hiring stats that ALPA publishes, their classes are about 7% female. The regional pilot population is about 6% female. 1% difference isn't usually considered to be statistically significant.

Now what about legacy hires (children of major airline pilots, checkairman, etc). Those people seem to have a huge leg up over anyone, and people rarely complain about that. It seems like a lot of low-time d*bags and d*p$h*ts that have moved up from my airline (the ones captains hate flying with, who have an entitled attitude and poor work ethic) have one thing in common: daddy or uncle or close family friend is someone of influence at Delta, United, AA, etc. It seems to me being born with a good connection at the airlines helps 10x more than being born female or a minority when it comes to getting on at a major airline.
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Originally Posted by Bellanca View Post
I see a lot of outrage over women and minority hiring preferences, that is supposedly going on currently at the majors. If you look at the Delta and United hiring stats that ALPA publishes, their classes are about 7% female. The regional pilot population is about 6% female. 1% difference isn't usually considered to be statistically significant.

Now what about legacy hires (children of major airline pilots, checkairman, etc). Those people seem to have a huge leg up over anyone, and people rarely complain about that. It seems like a lot of low-time d*bags and d*p$h*ts that have moved up from my airline (the ones captains hate flying with, who have an entitled attitude and poor work ethic) have one thing in common: daddy or uncle or close family friend is someone of influence at Delta, United, AA, etc. It seems to me being born with a good connection at the airlines helps 10x more than being born female or a minority when it comes to getting on at a major airline.
This is not the case at Delta. Even CP's can't don't have any extra pull with Pilot Selection. Otherwise I agree, "legacy" admissions at universities or "legacy" hirings at companies are as bad as affirmative action.
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