Let's Think About This...
ØOnce Upon a Time there was a White Male Human Being (I'll call him Sidney) who had always wanted to be a Commercial Airline Pilot.
ØAll of his education was directed toward gaining the skills required to become a Commercial Airline Pilot.
ØWhen he finished his Check Ride for his Private Pilot’s License his Check Ride Instructor said to him, “From the first day we rode together, I always felt safer when you had the controls instead of when I had the controls. It was an honor to be your instructor.”
ØAfter years of hard work Sidney is finally officially qualified (for years he has been Fully Qualified but now he has taken all the training and taken all the tests to be Officially Qualified) to become a Commercial Airline Pilot.
ØNot everyone knows that here is an elaborate Pilot Evaluation Computer System that ranks the Country’s Candidates who are vying to become Commercial Airline Pilots.
ØSidney has been ranked as the Most Qualified Candidate for the last 5 year in a row.
One sad day Sidney gets a letter from the CEO of United Airlines saying, “Even though you are the Country’s Most Qualified Pilot Candidate we will not be hiring you to become one of our new Pilots. I am pleased to tell you that next time you are a passenger on one of our flights we will be sure to offer you your choice of an extra bag of Peanuts or Pretzels”.
Several months later Sidney is working at his job as a Part-Time Busboy at the local Country Club and he sees the CEO of United Airlines in the Member’s Lounge.
Sidney humbly asks the CEO why his application to become a Pilot for his airline was turned down. The CEO is a very straight shooter. He tells the Part-Time Busboy, “We are in the midst of 9 Year Hiring Program where we only hire Women and People of Color. I can see that you do not fall into either category. So there was no chance in hell of your being offered a position with us”.
Sidney then makes the mistake of humbly asking, “Is there any chance that one of the pilots who was hired instead of me was piloting that United Jet that crashed last Wednesday killing 256 people?”
The Very Straight Shooting CEO says, “How do you know about that?” He then calls for the Country Club’s Security Guard and has the Humble Former Qualified Pilot Candidate and Former Part-Time Busboy thrown out of the Country Club on his very qualified head.
Not too long ago the Former #1 Most Qualified Pilot Candidate was closing the Gap on his life-long dream of becoming a Commercial Pilot. Now he is the #1 Stock Boy At The GAP.
Would I kid u?
Smartfella
