Yeah....you're right because every time a thread has any racial overtones, especially if the thread addresses the opportunities that were or were not afforded to minorities, particularly African-Americans, it never ceases to amazes me how quickly some people can become insensitive with their smart*** comments.



atp

 

As Dr. Stephen T. Colbert reported back in November, racism is finally dead.

 

to be honest, i expected this threat to go that way. Thats just how it is.

 

yeah there is they are called the washington generals and they get their ass beat every night by the globetrotters

 

ExperAB:

It's NEWS.

If a dog bites a man.. that's not news. Now, if a Man bites a dog!! That's NEWS!..

These women are rare. And I, for one, am proud for them.

 

A leopard never changes its spots. Par for the course I guess.



atp

 

Statements like this are the reason I am going to log off before I get banned.

 

I find this quote form the article to be a bit dubious. I personally know three African American ladies who are or who have been captains at UAL and one of them is a standards captain.

Those are just the people I know. That means there are only 7 others in the whole country!

I'm not saying that it isn't correct but it is a shocking number if true!

 

Why are you proud of them? This is not 1950, women and men both have the opportinuty to learn to fly, regardless of color. I have never seen a sign outside of an FBO that reads "White Males Learn to Fly Here." Anyone who has the money to learn, can.

So these 2 pilots, who happened to be black and female, decided they would like to make a career out of their passion for flying, just like all of us did. And then by random scheduling, they were flying together one day.

Should we applaud male nurses, white rappers, male nannys, white heavyweight boxers as well...they are all rare in their fields?

The fact that people are "proud" of them does not say much on how they feel about these pilots abilities, as if they do not have the "goods" to make it in this field and somehow these two did.

They are pilots, rare, but still just pilots.

 

I had an all straight flight crew the last two days. That's got be some kinda record, right?


This is exactly how I feel every time I fly... and I quote...

"When I got to the cockpit and I saw (insert "oh my gosh" name) -- we just met a few weeks prior," . "And I was just ecstatic when I saw her in there."

"We did not realize the historic ramifications of it," Buck Rogers said. "We were just like, okay this is gonna be fun."

Yep, this is gonna be fun!!!!!