No more white cadet pilots for SAA

[Devin]

http://www.fin24.com/Companies/TravelAndLeisure/No-more-white-cadet-pilots-for-SAA-20120817

Johannesburg - Cadet pilot training course applications from white men are no longer being accepted by South African Airways (SAA), it was reported on Friday.

SAA spokesperson Kabelo Ledwaba told Beeld that the cadet programme was being advertised online as an initiative to bring pilot demographics in line with the country's broader demographics.

"Only 15% of SAA's pilots are currently black, and this includes Indians and coloureds. The rest are white, and 91% of them are men."

Ledwaba said the airline would appoint male, white pilots when there were vacant posts for which applicants of other races could not be found.

Beeld had asked why white applicants were being rejected across the board.

An irate father had called the newspaper to complain that his son, who had a commercial pilot's licence and met the educational and physical criteria, had been rejected on the grounds of race.

By filling out several dummy applications, Beeld established that the online form had been programmed to reject any white applicants.

Welcome to Apartheid in South Africa once more.

[Def Perry]

They cant get rid of it, can they?

[Devin]

It's basically apartheid all over again, just the other way around now.

[JDC]

If this happened in the US where an institution would refuse to accept black cadet pilots, then there would be international uproar.

The cuture of double standards persists. :devroll:

[Mikal]

Is this their way of saying 'Now we'll control white people!' :trust:

[Devin]

It's happening more and more often in South Africa with jobs, the less qualified person will even get the job as they are black over the more qualified white person.

[Reece]

inb4 Apartheid but this time the other way round.

[Kizzu]

There is no such thing as racism towards white people, unfortunately...

[Reece]

There is no such thing as racism towards white people, unfortunately...

Not sure if serious.

[Devin]

Not sure if serious.

He's correct, in South Africa that is.

[Kizzu]

Not sure if serious.

What I meant is that discrimination towards white people is not seen as racism.
For example:

A white person: Damn, those blacks/blacks -> racism
A black person: Damn, those whities/whites -> not racism

[Reece]

What I meant is that discrimination towards white people is not seen as racism.
For example:

A white person: Damn, those blacks/blacks -> racism
A black person: Damn, those whities/whites -> not racism

Oh, I see what you mean, okay.