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2021-04-08 -Great Cultural Revolution
Taking wokeism to new heights? United Airlines pledges 50% of pilot trainees will be women & minorities
[RT] United Airlines has been skewered on social media after announcing that it hopes to recruit more ’diverse’ pilots, prompting many to accuse the company of abandoning merit-based hiring practices to appeal to the woke mob.
I think I'd rather fly on planes whose pilots did best on their aptitude tests.
The carrier announced on Tuesday that it would begin accepting applications for its new flight academy, saying it aimed to train and hire 5,000 pilots over the next decade, with half of them being women and people of color. The school is "built to accommodate" trainees of all skill levels, including individuals with no prior flying experience, according to a statement released by United.

The enrollment goals reflect the company’s desire to "diversify our pilot ranks and create new opportunities for thousands of women and people of color who want to pursue a career in aviation," CEO Scott Kirby explained.
Posted by Fred 2021-04-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ]  Top

#1 Glad you put up the crash and burn pic - Behold the future - don't fly anymore is the message- this will not end good.
Posted by Ho Chi Bonaparte5962 2021-04-08 01:20||   2021-04-08 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 How civilizations die.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-04-08 02:05||   2021-04-08 02:05|| Front Page Top

#3 RAND Study of USAF pilot washout rates by race and gender, 2018 ("Understanding Demographic Differences in Undergraduate Pilot Training Attrition") - conclusion:

Data confirm that female and minority candidates are at higher risk for attrition in UPT, stemming from eliminations due to flying performance.

In other words, the US Air Force has tried and failed for years to accept a larger number (it's minuscule at present and always has been) of black and female pilot candidates. The reason? They don't know to fly. They're.shitty.pilots.
Posted by Whusosh Sheart6101 2021-04-08 05:03||   2021-04-08 05:03|| Front Page Top

#4 I couldn't stop giggling over the graphic, Fred.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-04-08 06:38||   2021-04-08 06:38|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Lengthy and dated (a 27 year old study), but revealing nonetheless. Student questionaire contained the following data:

8. What race do you consider yourself?
Categories of (Active - Guard/Reserve - Total)
a. White 88% 100% 90%
b. Black 2% 0% 2%
c. American Indian 2% 0% 2%
d, Eskmo or Aleut 0% 0% 0%
e. Aslan/Pac Islander 1% 0% 1%
f. Other: 7% 0 6%


Analysis of Special Forces
Medic (18D) Attrition.

Page 28 contained this rather humorous (racist by today's standards) comment:

San Antnio and Environs, Some have suggested that part of the SOMED attrition
problem is that the Fort Sam Houston/San Antonio location is too distracting for some
of the SOMED students. The likely factors would include: San Antonio's "Fiesta" atmosphere, the non-military campus like setting of AMEDDC&S, and the relatively high number of women at AMEDDC&S.

Lots of discussion and hypotheticals, but no definitive reasons for the attrition were given in this study. Shortages and attrition of 18D students continue to this day.

My take: This stuff is very hard and extremely demanding. Not everyone will make it, hence the word attrition. Intellectually challenged, indolent, and unmotivated people need not apply.



Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-08 07:00||   2021-04-08 07:00|| Front Page Top

#6 

So United Airlines to be WOKEN will hired persons in disproportionate numbers based on COLOR/RACIAL and SEX.

???? NOT SKILLS ????

Sure sounds dangerous to me.

Personally, I want the BEST, Mentally Stable Pilot flying my plane.

Enough of the WOKE/Social Justice BS.
We have to admit in some professions the person MUST BE THE BEST regardless and not a racial quota hire.
Posted by NN2N1 2021-04-08 07:06||   2021-04-08 07:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Just another item I can add to my list why I don't fly for leisure travel and would rather drive 2000 miles there and back.
Posted by Procopius2k 2021-04-08 08:26||   2021-04-08 08:26|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm sure as hell not flying United. Never did, but not even if the ticket is free now.
Posted by DarthVader 2021-04-08 08:28||   2021-04-08 08:28|| Front Page Top

#9 Kara Hultgreen was unavailable for comment.
Posted by Woozle Theamble4130 2021-04-08 09:05||   2021-04-08 09:05|| Front Page Top

#10 The Daily Currant was ahead it’s time an early Bab Bee, unfortunately they are no longer around.

I had to go to Snopes to find this

Conservative commentator and author Ann Coulter refused to stay on board a Miami to New York commercial airline flight today after learning the pilot was a woman of African-American descent.
According to witness reports Coulter was concerned the experienced, decorated pilot in question may have gained her position as a result of

affirmative action and wasn’t fully qualified to fly.

The incident began when Coulter boarded the American Airlines flight and took up her first class seat. After a trip to the bathroom, she noticed the pilot was a black woman and became immediately distraught.

According to passengers, at that point Coulter stood at the front of the cabin and began screaming her concerns to the entire flight as they finished boarding.

“Aw come on people, a black woman flying a plane? You know she got that job through affirmative action. Am I the only one worried about this? I mean hello? Our lives are at stake here …”
Posted by Beavis 2021-04-08 10:50||   2021-04-08 10:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Not sure if that is true, but that is the truth about affirmative action.

Because what this statement says is, "Policy has been to hire the most qualified pilots available. Fly with us as we change that policy."

But the planes practically fly themselves now!

Yeah, until they don't and the port engine disintegrates or a bird strikes lands you in the Hudson. Or perhaps your particular model's brain can get a bit wonky, and you have to know how to shut off ROC in 30 seconds or less or be in an unrecoverable dive.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-04-08 11:15||   2021-04-08 11:15|| Front Page Top

#12 Corporate Darwin Award - Affirmative Action Flight Crew.
Posted by Mercutio 2021-04-08 11:35||   2021-04-08 11:35|| Front Page Top

#13 #3 RAND Study of USAF female and black pilots' washout rate indicated they simply "lack ability" -- and, understandably, also lack confidence. From report linked above, p.45:

...both female groups themselves and instructors discussed a lack of confidence among female students, especially compared with men. For example, a female instructor opined that female students lacked the confidence of their male counterparts:

"The confidence on the whole is not as high throughout the women as it is with the guys. I don’t know how to fix that after teaching for four years. A guy can have a bad ride and still tell himself and his friends that he’s awesome. A girl can have a good ride and tell herself and her friends that she’s the worst. I don’t know a way to fix that other than to just be aware of it."

As with instructors, female students also suggested that they might have a harder time than their male counterparts in shaking off criticism. For example, one female student pilot explained that male student pilots “can move on much faster because they don’t think about things all the time like we do.” Another female student stated, “I think the hardest thing for me was learning to forgive myself.”

Finally, instructors often perceived that female students lacked ability. Several instructors said that female students seemed to be poorer performers or that they had heard other instructors say that, particularly in terms of flying performance (as opposed to academics, general knowledge, or knowledge of instruments).

A white male instructor, responsible for splitting classes as they entered the next training phase, recalled as he “split up classes and tr[ied] to balance gender and minorities,” “There is a perception that females perform at a lower level. I’m often asked by flight-room IPs how many girls I am sending them.”
Posted by Jeremiah Sholuque1930 2021-04-08 11:47||   2021-04-08 11:47|| Front Page Top

#14 Lol... the extremely detailed, rigorous, 120-page RAND study examines all the usual Woke excuses (sexism, rayciss, toxic masculinity superiority turpitude-blah-bkah) for female and black pilot candidates' severe underperformance / extremely high washout rates and rejects them all.

The authors conclude:

Analysis of UPT attrition data showed that characteristics that are known about candidates before they enter pilot training could account for the relatively high attrition among female and black candidates. In other words, pilot candidates from the base demographic group (male for gender comparisons, white for race and ethnicity comparisons) who had similar test scores, sources of commission, flying experience, and levels of DG attainment were eliminated from UPT at similarly high rates.

This finding implies that race and ethnicity or gender do not, in themselves, drive these differences in attrition rates. Rather, members of these groups are less likely to possess the preparation or experience necessary to be successful.
Posted by Elmineque Hatfield7229 2021-04-08 11:58||   2021-04-08 11:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Next up - NASCAR and Formula 1...
Posted by Raj 2021-04-08 12:45||   2021-04-08 12:45|| Front Page Top

#16 As a CFI, I can tell y'all that this will not end well.

The Bozo's and Bozette's will be sharing the air with competent but unsuspecting pilots (to say nothing of the pax.). And considering that ATC is also in the EEOC game, it's gonna' be a real $hit-show, imo.
Posted by Rupert Protector of the Welsh1615 2021-04-08 13:05||   2021-04-08 13:05|| Front Page Top

#17 @#15: Let me know when the NBA requires my 60+ y/o shiny white a$$ with bad knees to play.
Posted by Rupert Protector of the Welsh1615 2021-04-08 13:08||   2021-04-08 13:08|| Front Page Top

#18 Can you jack up 3 point shots? That's what the NBA's been for the past few years; it's boring as hell. I've stopped watching, even the Boston Celtics.
Posted by Raj 2021-04-08 13:15||   2021-04-08 13:15|| Front Page Top

#19 Idiocracy is their field manual.
Posted by BrerRabbit 2021-04-08 15:59||   2021-04-08 15:59|| Front Page Top

#20 Boy howdy
If United has a major fatal and the crash can be tied to pilot error by a diversity hire, that is the recipe for suing United into nonexistence
Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom  2021-04-08 17:57||   2021-04-08 17:57|| Front Page Top

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