Continental December 7th

[difete]

I overheard something about a "sort of Continental Airlines open house" on december 7th, anyone can confirm/correct that? Appreciate the input.

 

[K. Marx]

I overheard something about a "sort of Continental Airlines open house" on december 7th, anyone can confirm/correct that? Appreciate the input.

A day which will live on in blasphemy.

 

[puddlejumper101]

A day which will live on in blasphemy.

Just curious...what makes you say that?

 

[mullet]

Yes there is, not sure what the OPEN HOUSE is but I know it is not to open for us white guys. Maybe he meant, Infamy? DEC. 7, Pearl Harbor??? Or am I missing something?

 

[erj-145mech]

Just curious...what makes you say that?

FDR's speech to Congress declaring war on Japan. "Yesterday, December 7th, nineteen hundred and forty one, a day that will live in infamy....."

 

[nimtz]

FDR's speech to Congress declaring war on Japan. "Yesterday, December 7th, nineteen hundred and forty one, a day that will live in infamy....."

Sadly a forgetten day by 90% of our population. Looks like 9/11 is headed down the same road.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Sadly a forgetten day by 90% of our population. Looks like 9/11 is headed down the same road.

Really ??? 90% ??? That seems like a high number. I know it is still covered in my son's high school hisotry class.

Tejas

 

[Mr Hat]

No he was correct. On December 7th, A day that will live in infamy...many people said "HOLY SH*T!!!", so consequently it is also a day that will live on in Blasphemy.

 

[Captain Overs]

Really ??? 90% ??? That seems like a high number. I know it is still covered in my son's high school hisotry class.

Tejas

If it's in a high school history book then it must be true.

 

[Reebo]

Yes there is, not sure what the OPEN HOUSE is but I know it is not to open for us white guys. /quote]

Why not? It's an OBAP job fair held by the southwest region in Houston. Dues are $250 per year for regional captains and around $100 for f/o's. Just pay your membership fee, sign up for the job fair and go. Can't make it, wait until the spring when WIA will have their conference. Or try one of Kit's fairs.

 

[K. Marx]

Sadly a forgetten day by 90% of our population.

Pathetic, but probably true.

And yes I know it was "infamy" that FDR said in 1941. Blasphemy was just a joke. Because anyone hired by any airline today (not speciically CAL) will at some point be cursing god for one reason or another.

 

[ACAFool]

Pathetic, but probably true.

And yes I know it was "infamy" that FDR said in 1941. Blasphemy was just a joke. Because anyone hired by any airline today (not speciically CAL) will at some point be cursing god for one reason or another.

I thought it was funny.

 

[PCL_128]

It's an OBAP job fair....the spring when WIA will have their conference.

Maybe airlines should just hire people based on their qualifications and experience instead of holding special events for woman and other minorities. I know, I know, what a crazy thought in today's America.

 

[Captain Overs]

You don't need to be black to be a member of OBAP or a woman to be involved with Woman in Aviation.

 

[HawkerF/O]

Maybe airlines should just hire people based on their qualifications and experience instead of holding special events for woman and other minorities. I know, I know, what a crazy thought in today's America.

Too bad they didn't do that just a few years ago. If they had done that all along, we wouldn't be having this conversation, now would we? You don't know of any black, hispanic, or woman retired airline pilot in their 70s. The reason is because they wouldn't hire them back when they were hiring everyone else. Lets not start singing some song about how we are all being mistreated because the less than 1% of qualified pilot applicants that are minorities are getting interviews. Blame your dad and your grandfather.


By the way, I am no fan of preferential hiring practices, but it is what it is; those people did not have the same opprotunities as the rest of us did up until the 80s (UAL Lawsuit). The person beating you out of a job is a white male that is more qualified than you; the minorities are not even in the same hiring pool. Once again, had the hiring been fair all along, this would not be an issue.