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Originally Posted by ShyGuy
Just curious for the men who attend: are you actually supporting and a proponent for women in aviation or are you just using them to get face time/interview at a major? Sounds like a slap in the face for WIA if a man uses them only to get face time/interview at a legacy and then never go to another WIA event again.
It would only be a "slap in the face" if the foundation of it was unfair preference to begin with. WIA is an outreach and networking platform and they do a great job with that. There are far more men in commercial aviation as pilots than women. That has
nothing to do with discrimination and any claim to such, or any follow on claim or action of preference or "special minimums" based only on sex is disgusting and mocks the many talented hard working time building females that have legitimately made it to where they are. That said, there does need to be a disproportionate effort at the initial gateway phase. Ditto for every "minority" or whatever we're calling the term this week.
WIA organizing a job conference is absolutely fair game and what they should be doing. And yes anyone can and should participate.
And yes I am fully aware of the irony of what a firestorm a Men In Aviation and all other equivalents would bring, but that takes nothing away from trying to get demographics to take a look at professions they for whatever reason aren't as actively pursuing.
Go, support the effort and be a part of it. The more men that go the more we will all start to remove arbitrary preferences from the equation and start to view one another as equals.