Regionals to Majors movement
#11
15 years ago before 9/11 and all the majors we're in a hiring frenzy (like now),a female CFI colleague of mine had an AA capt for a father. She eventually got hired at a regional but we all thought it was just a matter of time before she'd get the call from American... never happened.
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Something about the recruiters at job fairs, SADLY you can't EVEN take their word as gospel at times.
The UAL head of hiring completely misspoke at one lately, and airlineapps had to send out a correction over what HE MEANT TO SAY.
DAL's guy misspoke as well.
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US Airways system was by far the most fair. If you met their quals you were put into a pool and then numbers were randomly drawn out to pick those called.
UAL is still hiring females out of sequence, I've seen it first hand. There is a whole contingent of ladies over there that sued to pass the upgrade and when UAL conceded, they are paired with check airman for life. Sad but UAL upper, upper management doesn't care.
That being said, TT and years on the job doesn't make one more qualified over the other just like sex doesn't make one more qualified over the other.
UAL is still hiring females out of sequence, I've seen it first hand. There is a whole contingent of ladies over there that sued to pass the upgrade and when UAL conceded, they are paired with check airman for life. Sad but UAL upper, upper management doesn't care.
That being said, TT and years on the job doesn't make one more qualified over the other just like sex doesn't make one more qualified over the other.
#15
Why do we have to keep rehashing this? Airlines call people for interviews based on a myriad of factors, some are under a pilot's control, some aren't. Some seem fair, some don't. Feedback would be nice, as the silence can be deafening when our phones don't ring, but life goes on. We all want to be in the first few classes, but there's only so many seats. It's important to remember that the retirements are just starting. Pretty soon, the yearly retirements will double and the cumulative retirements will out-number the total regional pilot count today. So far this year, close to 200 pilots have left the regional I work for. Scapegoating is easier than self-examination and uncertainty, but if you're bitter now, chances are you'll be bitter no matter where you work, plus your interview will be more challenging as you'll have to pretend that you're enjoyable to fly with.
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Considering the fact that UAL got torched by the EEOC back in the early '90s, you can understand why their HR is sensitive to the issue. Hey, life isn't fair. You have to play the cards you're dealt.
#18
Females make up 50% of the population, but significantly less of the pilot workforce. Probably <5%. Do these "discrimination" laws not consider that glaring discrepancy? I figure the amount of females hired only for their gender is negligible, so I'm not losing sleep over it, but if there is such a regulatory policy it ought to factor in the preexisting demographical makeup of a particular career field.
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