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All the highly qualified candidates we accept into the Academy, regardless of race or sex, will have met or exceeded the standards we set for admittance. ^MJ
Until there aren’t enough qualified from one of the groups so you lower the standards, just like the military does for physical fitness.
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Understood...support the effort. That said putting a number does smack of a quota..recruiting more qualified people of color/females into a class is a fine idea.. after that the best get the gig...if they’re all women/people of color, great...I just want the best you have 100%
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So why haven’t you done this before now? If you had qualified women and minorities, why didn’t you hire them? This implies you’ve been discriminatory until now
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But they won’t necessarily be the best, will they? The customers will be aware of that.
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1000 applicants, 100 positions. 50/50 a/b quota. 200 meet min standards. 150 a, 50 b. 100 of a exceed the 50 b. Do you then select all from group b?
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I only want the best of the best flying me and my family. wants diversity. I only care about excellence. Nothing else matters.
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So how can you make a 'type' quota if you are picking the best? What if the ability level swings more towards a specific 'type'? Do you lower standards for the other 'type' to hit your quota target?
Overlook grade A, and take grade B to make sure you have an equal split?
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You literally just said you preferred diversity. I want my pilot to "exceed" the standard rather than just "meet" the standard just so you can fill your diversity quota
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Right but you’ll deliberately pick someone who scores lower if they meet your second set of criteria.
Thankfully you still have competition.
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Maybe just accept qualified applicants regardless of race or gender. Flight attendants are over 90% female, yet I see no attempt to skew that number back toward the middle.
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