I’m amazed at the inability of people working at high levels to understand statistics. The percentage of people with the needed aptitude is not going to vary much from the white male population.
If 5% of white males have the aptitude then each minority group has roughly 5% having the potential to become pilots. But, as you say, 5% of a minority is in real numbers is nowhere near as many individuals as 5% of white males in real numbers.
My close buddy got his Bachelors in Aviation and still needed a Letter of Recommendation from our local Mass State Representative just to be considered.
The acceptance testing is VERY difficult, and the training is even harder. He washed out after some minor errors flying the F-15.
I’m amazed at the inability of people working at high levels to understand statistics. The percentage of people with the needed aptitude is not going to vary much from the white male population.
If 5% of white males have the aptitude then each minority group has roughly 5% having the potential to become pilots. But, as you say, 5% of a minority is in real numbers is nowhere near as many individuals as 5% of white males in real numbers.
👆👆 This.
My close buddy got his Bachelors in Aviation and still needed a Letter of Recommendation from our local Mass State Representative just to be considered.
The acceptance testing is VERY difficult, and the training is even harder. He washed out after some minor errors flying the F-15.