Old, fat POCs? Put them in the cockpit.
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
I didn’t think that United had STANDARDS, but I guess for well-paying charter flights, they still do.
Shani’qua can’t get down the aisle
That’s what everyone prefers.
“We believe this lawsuit is without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously.”
Translation:
We are going to let this cool down will be writing a check.
“And the women all have long legs and brains.”
No doubt demanded by all those white players right.
Maybe if you didn’t weight 200 lbs with a multicolored wig or weave than you might have gotten chosen
I was actually on a Delta flight recently where two of the four FA’s were young, white, thin, and female. I’ve literally never seen that happen on a US airline. I guess COVID drove away a lot of the 70’s-80’s union hires who had been hanging on forever, and Delta was finally forced to bring on some new ones. :)
They do no like nasty overweight old grandmas the rest of us have to deal with?
They think this is PSA from the 70’s when “stewardess” brought up the image of a trim, attractive lady?
Who wants to see a fat stewardess?
Very pleasant flights... WOWZA....
Aegean / Olympic (Greece)
Thai Airlines...
Cathay
Singapore
Kingfisher.
Emirates
They don’t make any bones about putting a pretty face in the aircraft.