Mitusbishi Jets to come with Anti Sleep Alarms

[suupah]

Again, I FLY and LIVE in Japan and see this even towards Westerners. The term they use, Gaijin, just means foreigner or not from Japan and is used in a derogatory manner. They truly have an elitist complex and think they can do no wrong. I have seen it first hand, A Western pilot makes the slightest of mistakes and it's hours upon hours of ground school, along with sim training(for a non issue in the west) but a Japanse crew goes and burns up millions of dollars worth of engines and nothing is said. There are two distinct groups of Japanese, the ones who have been westernized and the ones who have never left. The ones who have been westernized and have left are as you described, but we have a couple where I work and they are considered Gaijin and get a rougher go at it than we do. It's also a culture thing, they will be nice and smiley to your face but you never let your gaurd down. Another thing to consider, the graduates of their ANA academies go to the right seat of a 777, the western trained pilots go to turbo props because they are tainted and inferior. I am painting with a broad brush but again it is based solely on my experience living in Japan flying for a Japanese company.

Sucks being a minority doesn't it? Ha just busting your balls. Racism is really not that prevalent in the US, at least not in the workplace. Though in certain parts of the country you are keenly aware of your race.

 

[Thurman Merman]

Sucks being a minority doesn't it? Ha just busting your balls. Racism is really not that prevalent in the US, at least not in the workplace. Though in certain parts of the country you are keenly aware of your race.

You could not be more true. In Japan, you can see a slight change in the younger generation.

 

[JustaNumber]

There are two distinct groups of Japanese, the ones who have been westernized and the ones who have never left. The ones who have been westernized and have left are as you described, but we have a couple where I work and they are considered Gaijin and get a rougher go at it than we do.

Are you saying that full-blooded Japanese who have been westernized are considered Gaijin? Is it just those who have moved away (i.e. actually are living in foreign countries), or simply those who live in Japan but have been influenced by Western culture? I visited Japan once, and found nothing but friendliness and politeness, but then I was only there for a few days. Interesting stuff.

 

[CX880]

Different cultures. As a westerner you can't be a japanese citizen even if you're born there. I know the lowest class of Japanese are mixed(chinese,korean), I remember reading something about being shunned from their society if you as full Japanese associated with the mixed. To each their own, in Arabia you could be arrested for wearing shorts. Good bless the USA.