No surprise with United Airlines- who i won’t fly at all costs:
Last week United Airlines set off another bomb in the exhausting culture war with this commercial: “Our flight deck should reflect the diverse group of people on board our planes every day. That’s why we plan for 50% of the 5,000 pilots we train in the next decade to be women or people of color. Learn more and apply now:”
In it, they announce their plan for 50% of the 5,000 pilots they train in the next decade to be women or people of color. This sparked a flurry of predictable responses claiming that United Airlines is putting the lives of their customers at risk. There were also cries of infantilization with reminders that quotas of this nature lead to a kind of imposter syndrome of the “chosen” asking themselves, “Wait, did I really earn my position in this seat based on my merit and skill? Or was it the accidental organ between my legs or shade of my epidermis that got me here?”
For a moment, let’s set aside the motivations by United to perhaps cash in on a societal moral trend—engaging in a bit of “justice performity” to boost their brand’s image. Of course, that is part of the equation that drives so many of us crazy, but I’d like to focus on something much less appreciated to explain the commercial and the civilizational moment: Wait, is United really putting lives at risk with this policy?
https://whatjaythinks.com/essays/2021/4/21/who-gets-to-wear-the-hat-replacement-and-representation
How about just a group of people who know how to safely fly the damn plane?
Wow, Jay thinks he needs to write 20,000 words when 200 will do. Is somebody paying him by the word?
Boarding pass bingo?
Yo have to admit how nice it was in the old days . They were the foxiest.