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'Diversifying the cockpit:' United Airlines recruiting 5K pilots for new flight school; half will be women, people of color
ABC 7 Chicago ^ | April 6, 2021 | Karen Jordan

Posted on 04/06/2021 9:46:21 PM PDT by Stravinsky

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To: Stravinsky

awesome... now we’ll have pilots that aren’t the best but were pushed thru due to the color of their skin

how reassuring

from now on, when you see a person of color or a woman in a white male dominated field, realize they didn’t have the aptitude to get into the position normally.


61 posted on 04/07/2021 12:58:15 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: Stravinsky

Diversifying the cockpit? That will never be enough for these insane Cultural Marxists clowns. Next they will be wanting the passengers on board to be equitable. Critical Race Theory is a cancer that will destroy our economy.


62 posted on 04/07/2021 1:21:24 AM PDT by jonrick46 ( Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Eventually, white males will be relegated to manual labor jobs.
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Nothing ‘eventual’ about it

Skilled White-collar work is being reserved for the Cheap Indian Labor Express
Skilled Blue-collar work is being reserved for the Cheap Mexican Labor Express

What’s left for Americans, especially White male Americans?
Unskilled white or blue-collar manual labor jobs.


63 posted on 04/07/2021 1:29:14 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: sten

While statistically true, it is untrue that any person of color or woman won’t have that aptitude.

That you apply to everyone of color or female in that field is racist and I am the last black person to cry racism.

I know of 3 black individuals, personally, that are quite competent and at or near the top of their “white-male dominated” fields.
(Oncology, Finance, Business).

Can’t judge a book..


64 posted on 04/07/2021 1:30:24 AM PDT by kulot
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To: Meatspace

Because “qualified” isn’t an important criterion in this.


65 posted on 04/07/2021 1:31:25 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Shadylake

Try to be an IT worker in TX after the Indians took over. Same thing here. I almost like to see other industries falling apart from this disease.
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Not only Texas....


66 posted on 04/07/2021 1:31:43 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Herakles

Must be nice to be rich.

$6 to $11,000 per flight? No thank you.


67 posted on 04/07/2021 1:34:03 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Starcitizen

Well seen it for sure, the white uppers give the indian hiring managers free reign. They’ll never hire a white, and much less a black.


68 posted on 04/07/2021 1:34:59 AM PDT by Shadylake
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To: CurlyDave

That’s an interesting point. 9/11 upped the drive/fly distance from 4-5 hours to 6-7 hours for me. That could cause another significant increase. Plus you could have the car drive at night, and spend part of the day sightseeing along the way.


69 posted on 04/07/2021 1:37:20 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SaveFerris

OK I guess those flight attendants went to JFK on a different flight and then joined with the L-1011 flight when it became 401 on the route back to Miami from JFK.

Still, love how they show a 727 when the pilot is checking out the panels on the L-1011. Typical.


70 posted on 04/07/2021 1:40:54 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Meatspace
Why not let women and people other qualified minorities fly?

No, I think that we should keep the regulations in place which PROHIBIT women and Blacks from training to become airline pilots.

That is what your statement implies, after all! That, during the selection process, some racist policies are still in effect DENIES women and minorities a fair shot.

Regards,

71 posted on 04/07/2021 1:41:25 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: FreedomPoster

Plus you could have the car drive at night, and spend part of the day sightseeing along the way.
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Kinda tough driving anywhere outside of CONUS


72 posted on 04/07/2021 1:42:47 AM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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To: Starcitizen; dfwgator
[Kinda tough driving anywhere outside of CONUS]

Ya just need an American Motors Matador Flying Car




73 posted on 04/07/2021 1:50:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

[William Shatner was the FAA investigator.]

Oops, in movie, Shatner’s character (Tobias) says he’s Miami NTSB.


74 posted on 04/07/2021 1:54:51 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Third Wheel
I keep telling people, all it will take to derail this nonsense is for a few lilly-white men to apply for these affirmative action jobs while claiming to be black females. When challenged, simply state that you “identify” as a black female, and challenge them to define what characteristics define a black person or a woman. There’s no way they are going to go anywhere near trying to define what makes a person black or female, because they’ve already cast aside those defining characteristics in pursuit of “wokeness”, and they are deathly afraid of being called “racist” for saying anything that might constitute stereotyping.

They’ve painted themselves into a corner with their claim that people can just “identify” as this or that at will, and it’s time to walk right through that door they’ve opened and crash their demented little party.

75 posted on 04/07/2021 2:04:09 AM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Stravinsky

Uh do you have an experience as a pilot, no. oh but your the right color your hired


76 posted on 04/07/2021 2:15:30 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: kulot

the problem is... the MOMENT you give one group a leg up then all members of that group will be looked at as having had the same leg up.

this is why affirmative action (and the latest incarnation of it) are just perpetuating racial division and degrading the quality of the positions being filled (either in education or professionally).

ONLY merit based education and hiring practices allow for true color blindness while insuring the best PEOPLE for the position

it’s also the only way to judge qualifications if you truly believe in content of character over skin color


77 posted on 04/07/2021 2:15:31 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
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To: familyop

Heh, pretty soon, “another women” might be considered proper English. After all, we must not discriminate against people with multiple personality disorder. In fact, going by tranny logic, we must accept that their delusions are true and destroy the language in a way that recognizes that “fact”. So yeah, “another women” is perfectly OK, you anti-multipersona bigot!


78 posted on 04/07/2021 2:42:40 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: BenLurkin

Thank goodness modern airliners essentially fly themselves.

Trust me, you don’t want women like my wife flying a drone much less an airliner!


79 posted on 04/07/2021 3:23:03 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdzcm,.dadfjl,dz )
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To: Meatspace

Nothing prevents them from working towards that now. And even if your allegations are true, you do realize that’s a super small fraction of white pilots right? As with anything, I have zero problem with anyone whose qualified to do a job being hired for any job regardless of their skin color. If black transgendered folks were the best pilots in the world I would hope every pilot was one. However, Usually these types of affirmative action things leads to lower standards to obtain said quota. Not a huge deal if the job is HR manager, but lowering standards for a doctor or a pilot is a bad idea.


80 posted on 04/07/2021 3:37:00 AM PDT by rb22982 ( )
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