Oh dear! oompilot you expose so much ignorance whenever you post here.
first and foremost there are black expatriates, Kenya Airways used to have a 737-200 fleet that was exclusively expats, and guess what, half of them were black, some from Zambia, Uganda, Rwanda etc when the fleet was retired they were absorbed into the 73NG. fleet, and yes people are recruited on the basis of their Nationality or passport if you like, the 777 fleet manager isn't native African actually he is of Asian descent but he is a National, the 767 fleet manager is of Arabic descent but he is a national, the 737 fleet manager is actually Caucasian but he is a National, the chief pilot is native African but overriding factor is that he is a National, please get your facts before you post.
As 737NG pointed out some people here are indeed arpatheid nostalgics, they believe if an expatriate isn't white then they are recruited for other reasons other than their flying abilities, you can clearly get that from carvotingcheetahs post and another one who earlier claimed that non white pilots have to retake their ratings exams severally before they actually qualify. If a white pilot doesn't make the cut then obviously it is racially instigated, what a load of BS.
Having schooled in South Africa i know first hand what to be discriminated against is, interestingly it was easier to get along with the white South Africans than the Black South Africans, but even they(whites) had a disdain for the non whites and many a times we had to put up with verbal abuse in the cockpit from the instructors, and it pained most not all, that at that point in time the 20 or so group of black students was the best performing, immediately after we were in Europe for ground school and Sim training and it was much more pleasant than Good old Eastern cape.
oompilot you should understand that the affirmative action in south Africa protects the so called majority since they were opressed for a very long time by your Apartheid regime denying them even the most basic fundamentals to humanity, so the argument is you had decades of head start in terms of Education and economic well being, they are only getting started, obviously with the kind of ignorance you display you will not get it.
