MTV's The Real World Guy and DEI Hiring

[CFI A&P]

I’m under the impression that RTP/RTAG has slowed a lot, possibly to a halt. I also don’t know of any people hired with R-ATP even during the big hiring surge, though I’m sure that there were. Probably just my sample group, as it was quite rare for someone in my community to be eligible to leave active duty and not also have the 1500 hrs or better. But I’d very much imagine R-ATP is a non-starter aside from maybe the regionals. I know the younger active duty guys i work with who are around 1500 hrs haven’t been getting calls. That’s a change from a couple-three-five years ago.

Very true. My understanding is the target employers for mil R-ATP were regional carriers by pilots with low fixed wing hours (Army warrant) to time build some multi fixed wing for the next step of the career.

 

[Autothrust Blue]

I’m under the impression that RTP/RTAG has slowed a lot, possibly to a halt. I also don’t know of any people hired with R-ATP even during the big hiring surge, though I’m sure that there were. Probably just my sample group, as it was quite rare for someone in my community to be eligible to leave active duty and not also have the 1500 hrs or better. But I’d very much imagine R-ATP is a non-starter aside from maybe the regionals. I know the younger active duty guys i work with who are around 1500 hrs haven’t been getting calls. That’s a change from a couple-three-five years ago.

The regionals were festooned therewith.

 

[Karnage]

I only have two years left til involuntary retirement due to my passport anyway, heh.

I signed the affidavit and they haven’t reverted mine yet. I honestly think they’ve forgotten about that for now. Plus they’ve moved on to more insidious ways at removing undesirables that denying gender marker changes is no longer cruel enough to meet their desires.

How do I jump to a different timeline again?

 

[Kingairer]

Very true. My understanding is the target employers for mil R-ATP were regional carriers by pilots with low fixed wing hours (Army warrant) to time build some multi fixed wing for the next step of the career.

I still feel that helicopters and airplanes are so different that you might as well be allowing LCAC time. A military helicopter pilot and a civilian airline job are just so totally different worlds. Im sure flying the helicopter takes more skill, but its just totally different and I wouldnt count but a small percentage of that time if it were up to me, which it isnt.

 

[Kingairer]

Hot contrarian take incoming:


This is, of course, political posturing by the admin, not sure why they are choosing right now to do this again. However, I dont really know why anyone would want DEI programs anymore. I feel like we're fighting battles of yesteryear. I listened to a pretty lengthy podcast with Congressman Wesley Hunt (ex Army Apache driver), and it changed some of my feelings on this. Everyone says "squadron buddies," etc, but aren't there many POC who are in fact those buddies, so by saying so, you are excluding them? I also feel like having any sort of programs like this only hurts those who make it, because it makes them easy targets for "see, DEI" types. I've had more experiences with passengers coming up, when flying with a female pilot, say "so glad to see you up here", "or feel better knowing you're up here", or something like that, than I have the other way. I look around my neighborhood, id say a rather affluent suburb of a major hub city in the south, and it is extremely racially diverse, mexican, african-americans, indians, white etc...Why should one of their kids born to loving caring parents, get any sort of start on some kid born in a trailer up in a WV mountain holler born to parents on meth? I just think we've come along way since the 1970s age and most of those type of pilots are gone or one foot out the door.... Just do away with it all I say.

 

[Inverted]

I am not sure what I find more confusing. The idea that people question why DEI still exists, or the fact that they can't see that DEI has always existed, but that it only became a problem when DEI included non-white people...

This idea of "the most qualified" is meaningless and silly. What does most qualified mean? Most hours? Most life experience? Most relevant work experience? Hardest working? Most jet types?

 

[irwin2018]

It's really just people of color and women that will be targeted. Trump is all about numbers. He will push to show his constituents that he has found a large number of people of color and women that are "unqualified" to be pilots. They truly don't care about qualifications. They just care about numbers and appearances.

Pretty much sums up his deportation fiasco.....

 

[statusseeker1]

Rules for thee and not for me. If we used merit based hiring for government MAGA wouldn’t even exist. They are the least qualified to do their jobs out of anyone in any capacity.