"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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Don't all government employees have to pass the same employment test?
FAA applicants are only given 5% for prior military service and an
additional 5% for a Purple Heart, so there can be a maximum 10%
advantage given to those applicants. But other than that, the playing
field should be level.


I think the playing field is level now. Twenty years ago, if a white male
controller trainee demonstrated incompetence he was washed out while female
and minority trainees checked out. Now everybody eventually checks out
without regard to race, gender, or competence.