This is not a flex, bro.
The CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, was interviewed by Axios on the HBO channel back in June of 2021. After the reposted video went viral this weekend, United is raking in tons of backlash over Kirby boasting that gender and racial quotas are one of his main considerations when determining who will pilot his airplanes.
.@United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby explains aviator academy diversity requirements: “We’ve committed that 50% of the classes will be women or people of color.”
Airline pilots should be selected based on merit. pic.twitter.com/aPnFC2ZUwD
— MRCTV (@mrctv) January 15, 2024
“We have committed that 50 percent of the classes will be women or people of color,” Kirby said confidently when asked about United’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion guidelines back in 2021. “Today, only 19 percent of our pilots at…
