DEI can get you killed. They also fly airplanes and are air traffic controllers.
I have no problem with a minority or female doing any job so long as they meet the same standards. My flight instructor many years ago was a woman. She was skilled and earned her place by skill before DEI existed. She ended her career as a senior Captain with Southwest Airlines. She earned it with skill not DEI.
“””””I have no problem with a minority or female doing any job so long as they meet the same standards. “””””
Which never applies, has never applied, and yet after 60 years we still see that same line repeated over and over.