I’d suggest we try really listening to each other, but since it seems dangerous to talk about these subjects, I’m afraid it’s pointless.
I will say, having no airline experience, that it would seem that if an airline has a set program to train pilots from soup to nuts, and if they are willing to take responsibility for having done that, they could get in 750 hours what the hodgepodge system does in 1500 hours.
I agree the racial equality spin seems crass. I don’t believe true equality is possible nor meritocracy. I do believe attempts to reach it are criminally stupid, and often led by egotistical seekers of power and fame. Our country has improved and has regressed. We are at a point where we badly need more individualism and meritocracy again. We need more self responsibility. Failure to bend the curve in the right direction inevitably leads to where we are. We are in a state where people are now demanding immediate and revolutionary change.