United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is now being bashed on social media by netizens and notable individuals, such as billionaire tech executive Elon Musk.
Kirby is criticized because his 2021 interview, which is about reducing male white pilots, went viral on Twitter and other social media platforms, again.
In his viral interview, the chief executive officer of UA said that he will make efforts to ensure that 50% of their graduating pilots will be people of color or women.
However, netizens, billionaires, journalists, and other people were disappointed with Scott Kirby's plans for United Airlines pilots. Here's what they argue.
United Airlines CEO Criticized for Trying To Reduce White Male Pilots To 50%
According to Fox News' latest report, UA's CEO was invited to an interview in June 2021. During the discussion, Kirby confirmed that the airline committed itself to ensuring that 50% of graduating pilot classes will be women and non-white people.
In 2023, United Airlines was able to increase its number of people of color and women pilots by 19%, which is still far from Kirby's original goal. The CEO said that he was proud of the diversity they achieved at UA, such as diversity among important senior executives.
However, many people criticized Scott Kirby's efforts. One of them is Elon Musk, who said what the United Airlines CEO is planning to do "is messed up."
Aside from the tech billionaire, NYT best-selling author Brigitte Gabriel also bashed Scott Kirby.
"This is insane," said Gabriel, who is also a national security expert and the founder of ACT for America.
"United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby proudly states they're using DEI-based racial and gender quotas to reduce the amount of white people in the air travel industry," she added.
Aside from her, Michael Seifert, the CEO and founder of Public Square, also shared his disappointment.
"United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says they want '50%' of their hires to be 'women or people of color,'" he explained.
Seifert criticized Scott Kirby, saying that the UA CEO doesn't care if these women and people of color can effectively fly airplanes that carry the lives of many people.
He added that DEI is going to get people killed.
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What Americans Say About DEI
Just like Elon Musk and other notable individuals, many Americans are also against the DEI initiative. Some of them claimed that the negative effects of DEI are already visible, especially in the airline industry.
They said that these include the issue with Boeing's 737 Max 9 issue. Netizens also claimed that DEI is already negatively affecting the government, educational system, military, churches, etc.
"Imagine this in a medical setting, People could DIE due to DEI," said an American X user.
Others complained that they can't imagine having unqualified individuals work on commercial airplanes, saying there are a lot of things that could go wrong.
