The industry has always had biased hiring and training practices. The flavor changes throughout the decades. I haven’t seen much of a meritocracy. The idea that DEI has no consequences or that a human can operate without bias is of course, bias itself. Bias is unavoidable.
This helicopter crew voluntarily accepted responsibility of aircraft separation twice. When DCA ATC told them to avoid the jet by going behind it (17 seconds before impact), they failed to do that as well.
In my recurrent training I did hours of sexual harassment training. My employer sent an email this weekend about pictures for Women’s History Month and Black History month sponsored events.
If I want to learn about helicopter routes and procedures near my airport, I must do that myself.