Posted on 04/08/2021 9:02:50 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Best meaning experienced, knowledgeable, etc.
We will no longer hire the best doctors.
We will no longer hire the best drivers.
We will no longer hire the best heavy equipment operators.
We will no longer hire the best ship captains.
We will no longer hire the best electricians.
We will no longer hire the best mechanics.
We will no longer hire the best safety inspectors.
We will no longer hire the best DMV officials...oh, wait never mind that one.
You get the point.
I once worked with a guy who was Dem through and through. But one day he had a temporary dawning of enlightenment.
He had returned from an aggravating encounter with two or more postal employees at their counter. Illogical arguments led to his not getting what he wanted. Absurd inefficiency. Slip matching a shelf with nothing on it. Sort of blaming the customer for the Post Office losing the package. No he can’t prove it was their fault so no insurance to him. Strong implication they were not going to use the tough, hostile black intimidation pose to make him leave.
The guy said to me: “Places like all the post offices have majority black employees and are really screwed up and declining. They hire based on racial quotas, not talent or competence. It just dawned on me that all of America is that way when every corporation and factory and office and school has to hire by racial quotas. So all of America is declining when the best people aren’t hired.” (paraphrased but close).
He went back to strictly voting Dem always, as his mommy had taught him as a toddler long ago.
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...implication they were NOW going to use....
United Airlines
@united
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Apr 6
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:
http://uafly.co/UnitedAviateAcademy
...And they’ll be piloting Boeing 737 MAXes...
How soon before #DieUnited out trends #FlyUnited?
-PJ
We should see what happen after 2030 when our airlines add start to hire diversity quotas. I would guess we might guess away with it for a little while because all the airlines would place a diverse pilot with an older and more experienced pilot.
This is already in the works. Check the entrance requirements for college these days. Look over the requirements for some of the other areas. We are, not so slowly, destroying America because the government wants to.
That way they can reconstruct it to their liking and to their benefit.
Many surgeries are performed using robotic technology.
You really wanna trust just anyone with that? I don’t care how ‘easy’ you think it is, you can’t have subpar pilots or doctors at the helm of anything and expect a good and/or safe outcome.
Let’s put the decision makers and their families on the first flights. See how they feel about that.
I’m a black person who happens to be American. I don’t care what color the pilots are, they better be the best. If they are not qualified as best as possible, I’d rather drive then fly.
I announced I will no longer fly United.
It’s getting so that we need a running list of all the companies that go woke, just to protect ourselves fro inferior products and inferiorly trained personel
"United Airlines grieves along side all of the families who lost loved ones in this terrible accident. We recognize that the families of the 325 passengers and crew will now be looking to us for answers regarding the circumstances of the crash of United Airlines flight # 666."
We do however want to state categorically, that we at United do not believe that Capt. Jose Cuervo and First Officer Twerkeisha D'Brickashaw Vonte, were not at fault for this accident. We acknowledge that both Capt. Cuervo and First Officer Vonte, graduated in the bottom 10% of their pilot training courses. However, it not reasonable to assign blame to them for sending United Airlines Flight #666 into an unrecoverable dive from 40,000ft AGL, and crashing into Coors Field in Denver during this year's MLB All Star game."
Considering I know a few pilots I would never fly with, we should be raising the bar and not lowering it.
“Isn’t it much easier to fly a commercial jet nowadays than it was 50-60 years ago?”
Easier...but still not even close to easy.
I have a close friends who is a pilot major airline. He fly’s 787s, probably the most advanced commercial aircraft in service. He’s close to retirement, and very glad he is because the crap he see going on in the industry now is stupid beyond belief.
When the Sh*t hits the fan at the worst possible time, and sooner or later, it will, you only want the best handling that aircraft. Automation will not always work, and you absolutely cannot count on everything working right in an emergency.
Many times, the automated system are what cause the problems.
Witness the 737MAX debacle.
Your point being???
To answer your question: YES, it's MUCH easier nowadays. Real flight training could be reduced to a weekend course of study. A G.E.D. should be sufficient. Something equivalent to a high school diploma. Or not even that! After all, all you have to do is push a button and then sit back and relax while the plane flies itself, right?
Regards,
I’m totally unqualified to answer, but I have watched “Air Disasters”, so I’ll take a shot. :)
It’s all easy until something goes wrong, i.e. 777 max. The airplanes actually fly (stick and rudder; actually yoke and rudder) the same as 50 years ago. The most of the airplanes flying haven't change flight characteristics since the 1960's. Hell, the Air Force still flies the Boeing 707, which was developed in the 1950's.
What has changed is the displays, automation, and safety systems e.g. TCAS, GPWS, EGPWS, PWS etc.
That being said, the largest part of flying safely is not the stick and rudder skills, its the decision making: the thinking part of the job.
The 737-max accidents would not have happened if the pilots had recognized what was going on with the trim and pulled the power back to idle. They didn't and the faster the airplane went, the worse the problem became.
Similarly with Air France out of Rio. They did not recognize they had stalled the airplane - for a very long time.
It was Sullenberger's decision to land in the Hudson that saved them, not the actual stick and rudder skills that got the airplane to the water.
That being said. Bad stick and rudder skill can kill you:
https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/united-airlines/united-airlines-boeing-757-suffers-extreme-hard-landing-at-newark/
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