goblin211 From United States of America, joined Jun 2010, 1209 posts, RR: 0 Posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 4438 times:
I've never met a pilot that was of another race. I've met an ATC that was hispanic but other than that... I think it would be nice to see a more eclectic group of people in aviation. What are your guesses as to the reason?
kcrwflyer From United States of America, joined May 2004, 3628 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 4394 times:
My guess is that there are few minorities because they are......you guessed it, the minority. I'm sure we'll see more latin american pilots in the US as time progresses. I'd guess the mix of workers in aviation is very similar to the cultural mix of the country.
m11stephen From United States of America, joined Aug 2008, 1205 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 4357 times:
At my airline about half the flight crew members and flight attendants I see are African American. Also, there are a significant amount of individuals belonging to other races.
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Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15867 posts, RR: 66 Reply 4, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 4307 times:
Quoting goblin211 (Thread starter): I've never met a pilot that was of another race. I've met an ATC that was hispanic but other than that... I think it would be nice to see a more eclectic group of people in aviation. What are your guesses as to the reason?
Well, here in Asia we have plenty of Asian pilots.
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - from Citadel by John Ringo
sshd From Spain, joined May 2011, 72 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 4192 times:
Here in Spain we have lot of people from South America. I havent seen yet any pilot or flight attendant from there in any of our national airlines.
However, you rarely will see them working at banks or hospitals either. I am sure that we will in 10 years.
Braniff747SP From United States of America, joined Oct 2008, 2606 posts, RR: 1 Reply 7, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 4114 times:
Well, here in SoCal, I've found aviation to be pretty diverse- I see minorities often.
The 747 will always be the TRUE queen of the skies!
474218 From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 6340 posts, RR: 10 Reply 8, posted (1 year 10 months 4 weeks 4 hours ago) and read 4090 times:
Quoting goblin211 (Thread starter): I've never met a pilot that was of another race. I've met an ATC that was hispanic but other than that... I think it would be nice to see a more eclectic group of people in aviation. What are your guesses as to the reason?
My guess is that the reason "you" don't see many minority pilots is "you"! Travel and you will find pilots (and cabin crews) of every nationality.
goblin211 From United States of America, joined Jun 2010, 1209 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 4000 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 8): My guess is that the reason "you" don't see many minority pilots is "you"! Travel and you will find pilots (and cabin crews) of every nationality.
I never said I wouldn't find any or that there were none. I said there were few. And I'm sure I will find few compared with the majority in aviation worldwide. Not that any of this is bad.
bond007 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 5098 posts, RR: 9 Reply 11, posted (1 year 10 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3964 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 8):
My guess is that the reason "you" don't see many minority pilots is "you"! Travel and you will find pilots (and cabin crews) of every nationality.
In the US, the number of Afro-American pilots is an extrememly small percentage - something less than 1%!
I would expect it to be low, but not that low. It's no doubt associated with percentages that are college educated, but even that is a much higher percentage (20-40%?).
Women I assume is much higher. I've already seen 2 female pilots sitting here at TPA in the last 30 minutes.
Jimbo
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71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2732 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1970 times:
apodino From United States of America, joined Apr 2005, 3634 posts, RR: 6 Reply 14, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 23 hours ago) and read 1911 times:
In college I had a roommate who was black (This gentleman is still a very good friend of mine), and he is currently a captain for SkyWest. I have seen a few black pilots out there, but they aren't very common. Black Flight Attendants are a lot more common, especially at the regional level.
The thing is, Flight Training is expensive, and as much as I hate to say it, minorities generally struggle enough to make ends meet, let alone afford flight training. But there are some out there, and they are great people to have in aviation as well.
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21460 posts, RR: 24 Reply 15, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 1859 times:
Quoting 474218 (Reply 8): Quoting goblin211 (Thread starter):
I've never met a pilot that was of another race. I've met an ATC that was hispanic but other than that... I think it would be nice to see a more eclectic group of people in aviation. What are your guesses as to the reason?
My guess is that the reason "you" don't see many minority pilots is "you"! Travel and you will find pilots (and cabin crews) of every nationality.
EK has cabin crew from over 100 countries and pilots from quite a few.
I remember in the earlier days of CX they heavily advertised that they had cabin crew from every Asian country they served.
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