Originally Posted by
John Citizen
If only about 5% of pilots are women, and only about 5% of the applicants are women, then one should only fairly expect about 5% of the employees to be female. Quotas should accurately represent the proportion of females actually applying. Isn't this fair?
I know it is not the way you intended it. But this is part of the problem as 5% of applicants should certainly not equal 5% of employees. In order to reach the unrealistic 50/50 quota applicant suitability may have a gender bias over suitability based on merit and experience.
Quotas should accurately reflect the porportion of "suitable" pilots not just applicants.