Comedian Rob Schneider called out United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby in a recent X post, accusing the CEO of pushing diversity in his company at the expense of safety.
That’s what he and other anti-DEI decriers claim they want.
If that’s the case, then 1) How would you know any given person is the best of anything and 2) Why is a particular policy about intentionally helping women and people of color targeted as the culprit?
Schneider has no reason to believe that United is not hiring the best pilot. And there’s even less reason to believe that diversity is the reason for any problems United might have. And yet, he evidently believes United is not hiring the best pilot because of their diversity policy. The diversity policy is the evidence that United is slacking on hiring well-qualified personnel for Schneider.
So, no, he’s definitely not claiming he wants the most qualified person hired. It’s more like he’s saying he doesn’t women and people of color piloting United’s airplanes and has instead moved to another company with fewer women and people of color.
Well United safety ratings have dropped since launching dei. It’s possibly they are not related but I think they should focus on safety as they are dropping.
“The U.S. carriers rankings are dragged down by the fleet age of their aircraft, however all have major replacement programs in place but it will take time for that to reflect in the rankings,” says Thomas.
That is, the people responsible for ranking airline safety, and in contrast to Rob Schneider and everyone who agrees with him, identify aging aircraft as the reason United’s safety rating fell from 14 to 25.
Your link also said:
“This year we went for a top 25 because the margins were so small between these airlines,” Geoffrey Thomas, the editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com, told me in an interview.
So, the distance between United Airlines at 25 and American Airlines at 22 isn’t that big.
But instead of taking Geoffrey Thomas’s word for it, Schneider and anti-DEI company are like, “Aging aircraft? Maybe…but more likely it’s women and people of color!” This is more evidence that they are racist and misogynistic.
What he is saying is the most qualified person should be hired. Race, gender shouldn’t be considered for pilots.
I agree with him. I don’t care if my pilot is a gay drag queen as long hes the best pilot they could hire.
That’s what he and other anti-DEI decriers claim they want.
If that’s the case, then 1) How would you know any given person is the best of anything and 2) Why is a particular policy about intentionally helping women and people of color targeted as the culprit?
Schneider has no reason to believe that United is not hiring the best pilot. And there’s even less reason to believe that diversity is the reason for any problems United might have. And yet, he evidently believes United is not hiring the best pilot because of their diversity policy. The diversity policy is the evidence that United is slacking on hiring well-qualified personnel for Schneider.
So, no, he’s definitely not claiming he wants the most qualified person hired. It’s more like he’s saying he doesn’t women and people of color piloting United’s airplanes and has instead moved to another company with fewer women and people of color.
He gave an example. Pilot almost crashed the plane by a failure of piloting 101.
Right, but what’s the relationship between almost crashing a plane, United’s diversity hiring policy, and the race of the pilot?
Well United safety ratings have dropped since launching dei. It’s possibly they are not related but I think they should focus on safety as they are dropping.
Have they? How do you know? I have more questions, but if you just link me to some source or something, I’ll figure those out for myself…
It’s public information.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2024/01/03/ranked-the-25-safest-airlines-in-the-world-according-to-airlineratingscom/?sh=3349c5854c03
…why do you do this?
Your link says:
That is, the people responsible for ranking airline safety, and in contrast to Rob Schneider and everyone who agrees with him, identify aging aircraft as the reason United’s safety rating fell from 14 to 25.
Your link also said:
So, the distance between United Airlines at 25 and American Airlines at 22 isn’t that big.
But instead of taking Geoffrey Thomas’s word for it, Schneider and anti-DEI company are like, “Aging aircraft? Maybe…but more likely it’s women and people of color!” This is more evidence that they are racist and misogynistic.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/pilots-hired-based-merit-not-diversity-safety-top-priority-aviation-expert-says.amp