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'Diversifying the cockpit:' United Airlines recruiting 5K pilots for new flight school; half will be women, people of color
ABC 7 Chicago ^ | April 6, 2021 | Karen Jordan

Posted on 04/06/2021 9:46:21 PM PDT by Stravinsky

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The airline industry expects to recover from the pandemic in a couple of years and when it does, United plans to diversify the cockpit.

It launched a flight school called United Aviate Academy with the goal of training 5,000 pilots by 2030. Half of which will be women and people of color.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiwhite; discrimination; neednotapply; racist; united; unitedairlines
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To: Stravinsky

I’d rather the pilots be selected based on aptitude and skill, not some arbitrary demographic box they happen to check. Ah well, I don’t fly anymore. As long as they don’t crash on my head, good luck with that United. Hope you’ve got good lawyers, because you are definitely going to be sued as negligent and directly contributing when (not if,, when) one of your quota hires does something stupid.


41 posted on 04/06/2021 10:47:31 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: ocrp1982

Well said, 100% agree. If I can’t get there in the saddle or behind the wheel, I don’t need to get there.


42 posted on 04/06/2021 10:50:00 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Biden/Harris - illegitimate and everyone knows it.)
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To: ocrp1982
...This simply affirms my determination to not ever fly anywhere ever again. I will not risk my life on an affirmative action piloted aircraft. Not going to happen. Besides, the view is so much better with ground transportation. Yes, it takes longer to get some distance but, the views and experiences along the way are so much better...

By the time this class of pilots is actually commanding aircraft we will have self driving cars that will make ground transportation much more feasible.

1500 miles in a car with a reclining seat I can sleep in while the car drives itself is preferable to that distance in an airplane.

43 posted on 04/06/2021 10:50:24 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Meatspace

We have had white male pilots attempt to change a cockpit lightbulb and fly the plane Into the ground.

Proof?


44 posted on 04/06/2021 10:54:03 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Jyotishi
[White is a color.]

Seems like people forget that.


45 posted on 04/06/2021 11:22:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Stravinsky

46 posted on 04/06/2021 11:23:24 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Stravinsky

Those airports will look like interesting parking lots for sure.


47 posted on 04/06/2021 11:30:20 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Flick Lives

He’s talking about Eastern Airlines Flight 401. 1972 maybe.

Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve. They were approaching Miami from NYC (I think). When gear down was called, the nose wheel light failed to indicate. They went into a holding pattern at 2,000 feet over the Everglades. At around midnight. Completely black, essentially. Altitude hold was set at 2,000 feet.

They deterimend the bulb was probably burned out. They were unable to extract the bulb. One Eastern employee was deadheading (no pun intended). He and the flight engineer I believe (It was a fairly-new Lockheed Tristar) went down below the flight deck to see if the nosewheel was down and locked (it was).

The pilot got frustrated, got out of his seat. Two different flight computers between Pilot and Copilot. He must have disengaged the altitude hold but it didn’t register in the yoke of the Copilot. Two different computers used.

The aircraft began a 3-foot per second descent; They did not feel it nor notice the altimeter. They finally decided the nose gear were down and locked and turned to the airport. They were at 50 feet. One of the wings touched down and down went the whole aircraft.

There were a couple of movies about it; One with William Shatner and one regarding the so-called ghosts of Flight 401.

The Lockheed Tristar was my favorite plane to ride in. Rolls-Royce engines. Spacious.


48 posted on 04/06/2021 11:32:40 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Meatspace
"We have had white male pilots be as stupid to discuss their contests of flight attendants causing them of not deploy flaps and crashes a commercial airliner.

We have had white male pilots attempt to change a cockpit lightbulb and fly the plane Into the ground.

We have had white make pilots let their 6 year old kid fly a plane and that plane crashed and killed all on board.

Why not let women and people other qualified minorities fly?

They could do better.
"

And another lefty came out of the closet. ;)

49 posted on 04/06/2021 11:36:22 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Flick Lives; dfwgator

In “Crash” it’s Eddie Albert as Bob Loft(I’m doing this from memory). That is the name of the real pilot (IIRC). Not the movie character names. Names were changed, of course.

Ron Glass (Barney Miller) was a passenger.

William Shatner was the FAA investigator.

Now I will have to look it up.

Here it is:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077377/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast

(below is not from the movie but a documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICqPGkto3Yo


50 posted on 04/06/2021 11:39:59 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Stravinsky

Watch what those new hire pilots do with the aircraft and passengers, after another women is defeated in a presidential election.

;D


51 posted on 04/06/2021 11:45:38 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Stravinsky

...another woman, even.


52 posted on 04/06/2021 11:46:14 PM PDT by familyop
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To: Flick Lives

The actual TV movie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy0Idzfh688

Narration says December 29, 1972


53 posted on 04/06/2021 11:48:55 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dfwgator; null and void

Well, whaddya know...

“Mars Attacks” is coming up in my YT recommendations.

Gots to love them Google robots crawling and spying on ya.


54 posted on 04/06/2021 11:50:48 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ealgeone

Try to be an IT worker in TX after the Indians took over. Same thing here. I almost like to see other industries falling apart from this disease.


55 posted on 04/06/2021 11:52:54 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Stravinsky

Thank goodness we never fly anymore...


56 posted on 04/07/2021 12:38:58 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Samuel Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Meatspace

Nice try...


57 posted on 04/07/2021 12:45:36 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Samuel Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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To: Stravinsky

Another reason not to fly the cattle cars of the sky,or,

How to book a private flight? Mobile apps do the job

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/07/how-to-book-a-private-flight-mobile-apps-do-the-job.html


58 posted on 04/07/2021 12:50:08 AM PDT by Herakles (Diversity is applied Marxism!)
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To: Stravinsky

More incentive to not fly United. They came out as pro-vaccine. No certificate, no flight for you.


59 posted on 04/07/2021 12:56:55 AM PDT by WWG1WWA (Beware the fury of a patient man. -John Dryden )
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