If one might be permitted to don the ante bellum hat with cockade for a moment, the following thoughts, whilst not exactly springing to the mental forefront, do sort of permeate the old hippocampus or whatever.
(That's more or less US Civil War, in a sweeping sort of way,to the uneducated).
Aeroplanes and automobiles were, for all practical purposes, invented in the States.
Those who originally drove passengers around in automobiles were called chauffeurs and were almost universally of a colour less than white, even sometimes of a mustardy mix.
In the beginning, those who drove aeroplanes around were almost universally pale or grey, sometimes quite sickly, in complexion and were known as pilots.
Modern aeroplanes have become simple and easy to fly. Those who pilot them are often known as drivers.
Drivers and chauffeurs are the same thing in the simple little minds of the passengers. They are system operators.
Therefore all those who operate the systems of modern day aircraft should be black.
This philosophy raises interesting questions concerning inherited rights and meritocracy. Perhaps when one has more time, a discourse on the assassinative attributes these aspects might be forthcoming?
