“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.”
And they invited those who are women or specifically not white to apply to train for work with United Airlines.
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This is clear evidence that 50% of the pilots for United Airlines will be chosen because of the color of their skin or because they go to a gynecologist instead of whether or not they are good pilots. That will lead to other airlines that hire based on ability getting better pilots that United and that’s a reason not to fly United. You could be flying without a great pilot.
According to Zippa, a careers website, the current demographic of pilots is over 86 percent male, and over 88 percent white. According to information about race and gender, there are compelling reasons why 88 percent are white and why 86 percent are male.
As a pilot familiar with the extreme intellectual demands of flying the prediction is: United’s wrong decision could be fatal for some people. Flying is far more dangerous and far more difficult than driving a car by a considerable margin. There are many pilots who can fly a plane when things are perfect while others do not have the capability of flying well while under stress. Why stack the flight deck with less competent pilots who are hired because they are not white?
This also indicates the thinking of the management of United is less than capable and that’s a great reason to always select an airline based on it’s competency which rules out United.
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