oh..ok, the basic premise behind your post is that no minority you've ever worked with in 20+ years has been competent No, that's not my premise at all. My point was, I have seen too many times in my 23+ ATC Level 12 career people, who were not qualified to lead/manage, get promoted because of other things besides competence. IE, sexual harassment suits...make it go away, make 'em a stupervisor, EEOC complaints...make 'em a stupe and it'll be dropped, those types of things happen EVERY SINGLE DAY in the wonderful FFA, don't believe me, wait and see. You, without having been where I am/have stood have any idea what I am talking about, but you will soon enough. It's not about black/white/purple/whatever...if you can actually do the job I don't care what sex you are or what color you are...but you better damn well know what you are talking about when I am supposed to follow your lead and your lead only got you the job because the FFA wanted a suit dropped.. i don't think i'm twisting your words, this seems like a fair summation of your argument.
so the moderator of this forum is now throwing racial firebombs. i'm a minority. Am I already tagged as having zero chance at competence in ATC work not as far as I'm concerned? If that's the case should I just give it up? Maybe my genetic lack of competence will allow me to bump around blindly yet still move forward, eventually bypassing the horde and landing a cushy management slot?
or maybe I apply for the job with a decent ATSAT score and a resume of merit and take it from there.
what's your advice here ATLTRACON? help me out, with some "brutal honesty." i'm just a minority OTS.