Premettendo che non so nulla di piu' riguardo questo specifico incidente di quello che e' stato scritto nel primo post, onestamente non mi interessa sapere se l'FO in questione fosse uomo o donna perche' il tentare di capire che criteri lui/lei abbia dovuto soddisfare per essere ammesso/a senza conoscere tutti i fatti e' pura speculazione.
Detto questo, un termine piu' appropriato di PC per il fenomeno al quale stiamo assistendo e'
affirmative action.
Copio ed incollo da Wikipedia:
Affirmative action originally referred to a set of policies and practices preventing discrimination based on race, creed, color and national origins. It now often refers to policies positively supporting members of disadvantaged or underrepresented groups that have previously suffered discrimination in areas such as education, employment and housing.
Historically and internationally, support for affirmative action has sought to achieve goals such as bridging inequalities in employment and pay, increasing access to education, promoting diversity, and redressing apparent past wrongs, harms, or hindrances.
The nature of affirmative action policies varies from region to region and exists on a spectrum from a hard quota to merely targeting encouragement for increased participation. Some countries use a quota system, whereby a certain percentage of government jobs, political positions, and school vacancies must be reserved for members of a certain group;
In some other regions where quotas are not used, minoritized group members are given preference or special consideration in selection processes.
E' interessante leggere la sezione riguardo le critiche di queste politiche:
Critics of affirmative action offer a variety of arguments as to why it is counterproductive or should be discontinued. For example, critics may argue that affirmative action hinders reconciliation, replaces old wrongs with new wrongs, undermines the achievements of minorities, and encourages individuals to identify themselves as disadvantaged, even if they are not. It may increase racial tension and benefit the more privileged people within minority groups at the expense of the least fortunate within majority groups.
Some opponents of affirmative action argue that it is a form of reverse discrimination, that any effort to cure discrimination through affirmative action is wrong because it, in turn, is another form of discrimination. Some critics claim that court cases such as Fisher v. University of Texas, which held that colleges have some discretion to consider race when making admissions decisions, demonstrate how discrimination occurs in the name of affirmative action.
Some critics of affirmative action argue that affirmative action devalues the actual accomplishments of people who are chosen based on the social group to which they belong rather than their qualifications, thus rendering affirmative action counterproductive.
Some argue that affirmative action policies create an opportunity for fraud, by encouraging non-preferred groups to designate themselves as members of preferred groups (that is, members of groups that benefit from affirmative action) in order to take advantage of group preference policies.
Critics of affirmative action suggest that programs may benefit the members of the targeted group that least need the benefit, that is those who have the greatest social, economic and educational advantages within the targeted group. Other beneficiaries may be described as wholly unqualified for the opportunity made available through affirmative action. They may argue that at the same time the people who lose the most to affirmative action are the least fortunate members of non-preferred groups.
Another criticism of affirmative action is that it may reduce the incentives of both the preferred and non-preferred to perform at their best. Beneficiaries of affirmative action may conclude that it is unnecessary to work as hard, and those who do not benefit may perceive hard work as futile.
Mismatching is the term given to the supposed negative effect that affirmative action has when it places a student into a college that is too difficult for them. For example, in the absence of affirmative action, a student will be admitted to a college that matches his or her academic ability and have a good chance of graduating. However, according to the mismatching hypothesis, affirmative action often places a student into a college that is too difficult, and this increases the student's chance of dropping out. Thus, affirmative action hurts its intended beneficiaries, because it increases their dropout rate.
Trovo difficile essere in disaccordo con le critiche. Ad esempio il CEO della compagnia per la quale lavoro ha pubblicamente dichiarato (prima del COVID) che entro il prossimo decennio l'obiettivo e' di avere quote rosa almeno del 40% per i nuovi piloti assunti.
Tutti sappiamo quante donne si trovano mediamente nelle varie scuole di volo e che la percentuale che rappresentano e' ben inferiore al 40%. Questo non e' perche' le scuole di volo sono sessiste ma perche' il lavoro del pilota attrae piu uomini che donne, cosi' come il lavoro dello psicologo attrae piu' donne che uomini.
Ho volato con molte donne estremamente competenti e che chiaramente meritano il sedile che occupano, sia questo destro o sinistro.
Uno dei tanti effetti indesiderati di questa affirmative action e' che le donne che meritano il posto che occupano, e che avrebbero tranquillamente superato la selezione con o senza aiuto, saranno sempre avvolte in una nube di scetticismo.