It is public knowledge that this and the cadet scheme are not open to white males - only to Blacks, Indians, Coloured male and female!
We've had programs like this in the U.S. for a couple of decades now. United Airlines had a famous settlement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission where numerical goals (but not quotas <g>) were set for various sub-categories of other than white males.
Separate interviewing and hiring criteria were established. A friend of mine tells of an all black interview group at the old Stapleton Airport in Denver. One of the very vocal rejects was none other than Auburn Calloway, the future FedEx hijacker.
Attempts were made to modify seniority to promote "affirmative action" but most of these failed. However, when United offered jobs to Pan Am pilots in 1992 class dates were delayed for many since they were not in the right EEOC categories due to Pan Am's hiring practices years earlier.
More than one white South African expat has attempted to list as an African American in the obligatory ethnicity declaration on a U.S. airline application. A buddy of mine at United (last name same as a Rolls Royce competitor) was threatened with dismissal even though he was born in Africa and was a naturalized American citizen.
This idea of segregated pilot hiring standards is coming to many international carriers, for example, a recent Air India posting:
"Air-India Limited invites applications for the post of Trainee Pilot from Indian Nationals belonging exclusively to the Scheduled Tribe / Other Backward Class Community"
http://www.airindia.com/page.asp?pageid=512
The details go on to mention certified exclusion of the "Creamy Layer" in the recruitment qualifications, the codewords for political correctness are somewhat different everywhere you go...