Posted on 03/08/2024 4:03:55 PM PST by libh8er
The Minority Pilot Advancement Foundation launched today during Black History Month with the goal of bringing 600 minority and women pilots per year into the aviation industry. By educating, inspiring and funding minority teens in aviation careers, the Foundation is poised to drive generational change by breaking the cycle of lack of advancement opportunities, and to help alleviate the significant pilot shortage in the United States.
Because of that shortage, major airline companies have dropped the need for a four-year degree as a prerequisite for employment as an airline pilot, opening opportunities to youth who may not realize that a career in aviation is now a possibility. Given that less than 3 percent of all airline pilots are Black, and less that 1 percent are women, the need for diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) programs like the Minority Pilot Advancement Foundation has never been greater.
“By educating underrepresented middle school and high school kids about our program to assist them in becoming a pilot and that all they need to do so is a high school diploma, and read and write English, the international language of aviation, we hope to inspire them to stay in high school and do well, knowing that their dream for a better life is waiting for them through the Foundation,” said Ron Kelly, founder of the Minority Pilot Advancement Foundation. “We are opening a huge door that leads right to a career in the sky where they can earn over $200,000 a year and change the trajectory of their whole family.”
In addition to launching the Foundation, Mr. Kelly, who is the CEO the Las Vegas Flight Academy (LVFA), will be awarded with the distinguished Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award given by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in recognition of 50 years of safe flying.
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Oops. I had associated that name with the guy she had on
her staff. I meant he would be the other person in the
cockpit.
Ahhhh. The religion of proportional representation. The breakdown of categories and jobs applicable depend upon the rulers’ whim. Are Jews and/or Asians white depends on the position and whim of the rulers. Application to engineers and/or elementary school teachers also depends on the rulers’ whim.
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Oh goody.
Another reason not to fly.
No more Tuskeegee Airman. They were the real deal. Anybody who could fly P 51’s is ok by me.
What could possibly go wrong? If you’ve been putting that once-in-a-lifetime trip off, better hop on that plane now. You’re not going to want to do it in the future.
Do they at least know how to read and write?
I will avoid flying at all costs.
Hope they award them DIE Pilot patches to warn potential fliers.
They’d be far more useful to everyone by starting a Minority Swimmers Advancement group.
Ah who cares pass them anyway and lets get them flying ,D’oh
Haven’t flown since 2001 and I’m retired Air Force.
Cruel....but funny.
What need?
There's no shortage of pilots. Never has been. Every kid who ever saw Top Gun wants to be a pilot. And unless you're a senior captain with a Big Three line, the pay is a joke. That's the way markets work: high supply, low wage.
As for “proportional representation”, where does that stop? Black males are maybe a bit more then 6% of the population, does anyone think they'll be happy when that precious threshold is reached? Nope.
If you're going to a) give away money for flight school and b) discriminate against White men, then the hiring can be pretty much 100% non-White for the foreseeable future.
The college degree/military background that used to predominate was just screening: pilots are essentially technicians and you don't really need anything past a high school diploma to do it. The carriers just imposed the requirements because it was a way to thin the herd and get better people.
We were all told 50 years ago that affirmative action wouldn't result in quotas. It is quite clear now that not only is that not true, but the quota is out the window: from now on, if a White male is employed ANYWHERE it will be controversial.
"Next lesson is landing the plane? No thank you. Not necessary."
Today pilots are the last bastion of competence. Soon we might as well fly Somali Airlines. BLM pilots, and fat, old, lesbian dikes for cabin stewards.
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