So in your opinion if we dressed young boys in pink and gave them dolls they’d grow up to be nurses and if we dressed young girls in blue and gave them trucks they’d grow up to be pilots? Is that how this works?

 

Yet.

That number is unfeasibly ridiculous without excluding people based on their race/gender (white men).

 

In your opinion, is a boy born biologically preferring blue, and a girl born biologically preferring pink?

 

Answering a question with a question....

 

This confuses me. If white men make up 31% of the population, and get 50% of the spots into this entry level pilot academy, how are white men being excluded based on their race/gender?

 

I don't understand what you're asking here.

Pilots are are extremely skewed toward men in a way most other professions aren't. It's that simple. It's a serious outlier and to have absolutely no introspection about that, well it's very disappointing.

 

If by dressing them in blue and pink, you mean having flipped expectations from men and women, yes I think you would see a very big difference. We have seen that to be the case just in the last 75 years.

 

My dog wants to fly. He has one wheel from a bum leg and is pushing 10 years old, but I'm sure we can push him through the program. Think they'll modify the crew entry doors for him for the mid flight potty breaks?

 

What does it even mean to be qualified to enter flight school? You have to know how to do math? I mean come on. A will to work hard is practically all it takes! That and like 40 grand, or large amounts of loans which take decent credit. Being a pilot is flippin easy.

 

The US military has taken the lead in social issues in this country for many decades. Gender hasn't been a consideration in military pilot hiring for nearly 50 years (other than height for ejection seats and combat restrictions). With the gates wide open for decades, the military hasn't come anywhere near 10% female on the flight deck. For UA to achieve its goal, it will necessarily require a massive disparity in standards due to a sheer lack of volume and interest - it's just basic math, not a comment on any social issue.

I would also add this thought. Have fun negotiating a contract in 15 years if a third of the seniority list is beholden to UA for their only skill set, their employment, and has a $100,000 debt to the company. That should make for a very steely-eyed pilot group at the negotiating table (sarcasm intended).