Originally Posted by skylover (Post 1186765)

Stupid question: could a regional FO technically move directly up to a mainline without becoming a regional Captain first? Or is it an "unwritten rule" that you have to make it to regional Captain before getting accepted by a mainline?

Thanks :)

Originally Posted by slammer1906 (Post 1186995)

Im guna help you see how foolish your comment is. What ur saying is, if a black, because you mention the civil rights marches, cant shoot a single eng ILS, hand flown to mins or balls up an abort on his/her checkride, they will still fly ur family around simply because their black?!

I thought we had come a long way, but maybe not.

Originally Posted by coryk (Post 1186906)

25?! The last time they hired was 2010 right? So she was 23 when she was hired at DAL? :confused:

Originally Posted by coryk (Post 1187018)

I'm having a hard time understanding your point?

What I'm saying is, reverse discrimination is alive and well in this country. White males dominate airline cockpits, no doubt, but to allow someone in who is obviously less qualified than another simply because they are minority race and/or gender is ridiculous. The factors to getting an interview/hired should only be 1) who you know (sarcasm) 2) qualifications.

I wasn't try to be offensive, and if I came off as such, I apologize. :)

Originally Posted by slammer1906 (Post 1186962)

5) Why do we have affirmative action? Because of mistakes the previous generation made. I, u, and our peers have nothing to do with that, but we cant undue it today. We have to live with it.

Originally Posted by coryk (Post 1187018)

reverse discrimination is alive and well in this country.

Originally Posted by RJtrashPilot (Post 1186884)

This is going to sound worse than I mean it to, but I'm going to say it anyway. I personally know two young men of color also belonging to OBAP from my Comair days that barely had 1,000 hours. They came to Comair from WMU and were only at Comair for a few months then were picked up by Delta. I personally think that's crap. It's practically reverse discrimination in my book. Here we were slaving away trying to fight our way up and these guys basically got a free pass.

Maybe I can sue someone? Will Reverend Jackson or Sharpton come to my aid? (What exactly are they reverends of, anyway???)

So like someone else said, if you are affirmative-action eligible, you can pretty much write your own ticket. You're really in the money if you are female and affirmative-action eligible. If you're a white male then pick a number and wait on it to turn up in the raffle.

Originally Posted by usmcflyr (Post 1187092)

this was the attitude of generations past and it didn't stand then and it shouldn't be accepted now. Others said that times like jim crowe couldn't be changed because 'that was the way things had always been'.

Usmcflyr

Originally Posted by Cessnan1315efw (Post 1187055)

Yeah well if I ever lost my medical or things didn't work out as a pilot I would go right back to being an A&P I love wrenching and I really do miss it now. Being a mechanic at a part121 union shop is a very very laid back job. So in that aspect I'm not really worried about a backup. I'm really wondering how hard it would be to get on with a major without a 4 year degree. If it is a must than chances are I will most likely start up with Thomas Edison since I can get credits for my A&P cert.