The FAA's Hiring Scandal: A Quick Overview • Hacker News Board

doublepg23 wrote: post #22

YeBanKo wrote: post #21

Why is this flagged?

Dang, for future reference, is their something rule breaking about this post?

I doubt he will ever read this or even if he does, that he’ll answer.

Re: The FAA's Hiring Scandal: A Quick Overview

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Post by 303uru » Thu, Feb 01, 2024, 4:46 AM UTC

corindallax wrote: post #15

303uru wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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"there's also countless examples of businesses who clearly only hire white dudes with beards and wraparound Oakleys. So the point feels fairly moot." Name one. I bet you can't. If you could, multiple public interest law firms would be competing to sue that employer. I believe there was a time when hiring managers discriminated against black people, women, etc. But aside from one indian manager who only interviewed in…

Black Rifle coffee. Damn near any welding shop. Every gun shop or range I've ever been to.

20 years out of date? Curious as I was high school. You live in a small little anecdotal world, try touching grass.

Re: The FAA's Hiring Scandal: A Quick Overview

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Post by 303uru » Thu, Feb 01, 2024, 4:47 AM UTC

readthenotes1 wrote: post #17

303uru wrote: post #10

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I couldn't agree more. When I'm in the air, I am much more comfortable knowing that the initial barrier to air traffic control training is to ask how many sports a candidate claimed to have played in high school rather than an 8-hour long cognitive ability test.

Nice strawman. Enjoy it.