>>Me & my other 'white' friends were only jobless for a while coz soon after we got jobs but my 'brown' friends didn't have the same luck.<<
Come to the U.S. and you'll find the situation reversed. "Diversity" is a major factor in airline hiring, the further you are from a straight white male, the more diverse you are.
Check out this recruitment calendar from Northwest for an example:
http://www.nwa.com/corpinfo/career/outreach.shtml
Also, see United's commitment to such organizations as the National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Forum:
http://www.united.com/site/primary/0,10017,1365,00.html
Send your brown friends to the U.S., they are in high demand on the aviation job market...
[This message has been edited by Airbubba (edited 10 April 2001).]