As a woman who was a flight attendant for over 25 years, I will say that I PERSONALLY saw incompetent people pushed through, dragged through, excused through flight training that should NEVER have been near a cockpit. I PERSONALLY saw many MANY competent pilots (white male obv) who were repeatedly passed over so that a sub par female or other category was hired.
One woman was so terrible that she started sleeping with someone WHO WORKED FOR AN AGENCY DEALING WITH AIRLINES to not wash out. I think it was found out in the end and he was reassigned. Not sure what happened to her.
This will not end well. Look for mass retirements to occur at the very least.
Agree. This has been a practice of United for a very long time, don’t let this fool you. There is a reason why they are known as “Yo-nited”. Having worked with mostly airline guys in the Air Force Reserve, I have seen folks from all the airlines. United, by far, hired the worst pilots I have known-It just so happens that most of them were of the various minority groups. Yes, there are horrible white pilots as well. But my microcosmic experience parallels Cowgirls.
I PERSONALLY saw many MANY competent pilots (white male obv) who were repeatedly passed over so that a sub par female or other category was hired.
Sadly, I saw the same in the US Air Force. It's amazing that after at least 40 years of this, minorities and women are still 'underrepresented' in the field.