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Old 04-07-2021 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by hummingbear
It seems we finally found the one topic that can fill 14 APC pages with zero thread drift- a nominal challenge to the prevalence of white men in aviation. Go figure.
Oh give me a break.

Maybe white men will finally stiffen up their limp wrists and demand that these Civil Rights Era discriminatory and illegal hiring practices - masquerading as "equality" be stopped. But I doubt it. The soy boys will always feel the need to virtue signal and prove to everyone how un-racist they are by taking a seat in the back of the bus because of their own white guilt.

**** off, IMO.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hummingbear
It seems we finally found the one topic that can fill 14 APC pages with zero thread drift- a nominal challenge to the prevalence of white men in aviation. Go figure.
Wow, racism goes both ways. Either that or you're just another self loathing liberal virtue signaling.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ItnStln
Were there any scholarship opportunities available only to men and/or whites?
Of course not.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:11 PM
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If UA is so concerned about the pilot pipeline over the next decade, I can assure you that industry leading pay and benefits would make that someone else's problem. They could also have their pick of the female and minority candidates - thus solving their perceived diversity problem. You'd think the CEO and the BOD would understand free markets.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:55 PM
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Default More of what everyone wants.

More Shirley.
More Meryl.
More Liniger.
More Dusty.
Oh yeah ... and more cowbell.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
No issues with promoting aviation to the minorities and women to get into the industry. Not by a long shot. In fact, I think that's a fantastic idea... Having said that, going woke with the arbitrary quotas, and trashing the white males is where they lose me.

I'm a Southwest guy, but I hope to God we don't start with this BS. By default, every time I set foot onboard our jet, I couldn't give two sh*ts about the sex or race of the pilots up front. My default assumption is that they're rockstars who had what it takes to get hired.

At Southwest, up until a couple of years ago, every applicant had to have at least 1,000 hours of turbine PIC. That means everyone had to either get promoted to aircraft commander in the military, be a captain of a jet or a turboprop in the civilian world, get selected to interview, pass the interview, get through training and make it online. I've flown with minorities, women, older guys, younger gals, you name it... But one thing NOBODY could do would be question if they've actually earned their place. They all have, hands down, without a shadow of a doubt... their sex, race, ethnicity mattered/matters about as much as the color of their eyes.

But in light of "we're instituting quotas to show how woke we are...", United literally took a giant dump on every single one of their pilots, men and women alike, any race or ethnicity, because now you've put a question mark on every single minority or a female applicant on whether or not they've truly earned their spot, or if they were hired to show some woke idiots' virtue signaling skills. Disgusting!
Great rant, I can’t wait to hear more over tower frequency!
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ItnStln
Where did that happen?
FedEx. Didn't get to the courts I think. About 30yrs ago.
Old 04-07-2021 | 02:59 PM
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From a United PR.
The airline plans to work with groups including the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, Sisters of the Skies, the Latino Pilots Association and the Professional Asian Pilots Association to recruit more diverse candidates.
If these organizations exist, wheres the Professional White Pilots Association? And don't say Alpa.
Old 04-07-2021 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by AAL763
Which, if they pass still leads to a ‘guaranteed job at United’.... And it is still discrimination. If the tables were reversed, and United’s new Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer (joke of a title anyways) announced their goal is to train 50% white males, you’d all be throwing an absolute ****-fit and rightly so.
If 50 percent are women and minorities, doesn't that by default make the remaining 50 percent white males?
Old 04-07-2021 | 03:21 PM
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Any female or minority reading this thread would definitely think twice about coming to work in this industry. If this is the attitude of their future "coworkers", why would they want to become an airline pilot and have to sit for several hours in a small space with some of you who definitely don't want them there or assume they are inferior. It's really quite disgusting some of the things that have been said on this thread. Very disappointing, but not at all surprising.

I'm a minority by the way, have been an airline pilot for over 20 years, and can't wait until several of my colleagues with horrible people skills who are unsympathetic and unwilling to accept others reality of living in America retire.
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