[Rebelbase]

Fly the Diversity Skies.

[Jim Robinson]

Would be a great job for illegal aliens of color. Move ‘em in.

[DouglasKC]

Geesh literally EVERYTHING is racist apparently.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why do you think they call it a “cockpit?”

[Hazwaste]

First thing I check when I board the plane is that my pilots are gender-fluid and non-white. Only way to be sure I’ll have a just flight.

[ought-six]

Another reason I will no longer fly: The Airlines have tossed meritocracy in favor of diversity. No thanks.

[DoughtyOne]

This was so high up on my list of things that are important
to me. There are only about 38,742 things higher on that list.

[PGR88]

Air travel is racist!

[TheDon]

The All-Male, All-White Cockpit

Because anything else is cultural appropriation!

[fhayek]

So you get on a plane, and you peek into the cockpit, and you see Stacey Abrams at the controls. Do you:

1) Turn around and cash in your ticket.
2) Hope that the airplane is sufficiently balanced to avoid a nose dive.
3) Go to your seat and order a double bourbon
4) Go to your seat and smugly pat yourself on the back, thanking whatever pagan deity you worship for the great gift of diversity.

[Jan_Sobieski]

I think I’ll be driving. My car is still a meritocracy

[Trailerpark Badass]

“There are plenty of ‘tards out there leading really kick-ass lives. My first wife was ‘tarded. She’s a pilot now.”

[skeeter]

Its just wonderful college graduate Ms Percy is about to receive her pilots license and is nearly ready to hold the lives of hundreds of passengers in her hands.

Its a good thing too, as a woman of color she certainly deserves to have our lives and the lives of our loved ones in her hands. With our wretched history its the least we white folks could do.

[Taxman]

You know what?

All ANY person has to do is stay out of trouble, graduate high school, get a college education, pass a flight physical, join the Aviation Branch of your favorite Military Service, graduate Flight School, stay away FRom mid-airs, walk away FRom landings (first ensuring the plane can be used again!), do your time Honorably, and almost ANY airline will hire you!

Sound like a plan?

Except for the airline gig, that is what I did! I really LOVED being a Naval Aviator!

The Biggest Mistake of My Life was not listening to my college FRaternity Brother in 1968 when he urged me to apply with Delta!

[JBW1949]

Anyone seen Sky Dancer???

[Drew68]

Thankfully most commercial airliner flying today is fully computerized. Pilots don't really do much more than taxiing and monitoring the systems.

It could be totally computerized but passengers are not yet ready to not have a human behind the controls.

[stubernx98]

When they apply the diversity thing to the NBA, then equality exists.

[Vision]

It was never about an All-Male, All-White Cockpit you racist, America hating commies. It was about competency and safety which isn’t the number one goal now.

[FlingWingFlyer]

It sounds like the Slime’s “token”, Niraj Chokshi, has a problem with white men. I guess he didn’t know there were so many white men here when he decided to come here.

[Rummyfan]

Zakiya Percy is one of a small and growing number of people trying to change that. Ms. Percy, 29, used to dream about flying, watching planes pass overhead when she was growing up in San Francisco.

“I told myself as a kid, you’re already a captain on a 777 flying international,” she said. “You just have to get there.”

I'm torn... is that one of the dumbest statements ever made? Or... so, just shut up and get there.