Awe snap, chuck, your hitting them in the numbers? Dont do the math man, that will boil their nuts
On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems airlines hire 5000 new pilots each year. (from one unknown source) > > There are 10,000 new ATP certificates granted each year but half of them > wash out or pause flying prior to earning the coveted 5000 hours that you > need to become a first officer. > > > > So, seems supply exactly equals demand (roughly). Other sources are > saying there is a shortage. > > > > Now, add an artifical restriction, of that 5000 fully qualified ATPs, your > HR department says half have to be black/women. > > > > Only 5% of that pool are women. So, there are 250 available. > > Only 4% of pool are black. So that will get you 200. > > 450 total per year but your HR department mandated 10X that amount. > > > > How will you fill that requirement? Only one way, reduce the number of > hours required. But even if you took it all the way down to the 1500 hours > it takes to the the ATP you will still only have 900 available to fill 5X > the requirement. And you will have 450 underqualified people sitting in > the right seat in front. > > > > I doubt the figure I found for needing 5000 new pilots industry wide. I > think it is low. I found another number saying that United Airlines (the > one that had that DEI policy for a while) uses about 2000 new ones each > year. > > Seems that United uses 40% of the pilots each year? In any event, that > would make the numbers still work out in a similar fashion. Mandate 1000 > where there are only 450 available assuming your company gets all 450. > > > > It’s math bitch, not racism. > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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