The Western Journal
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The National Character and Leadership Symposium is an annual event held at the U.S. Air Force Academy, focused on preparing the next generation of leaders for “honorable living and effective leadership.”
The theme of the 2024 NCLS is “Valuing Human Conditions, Cultures, and Societies,” which, according to the USAFA website, explores “what it is to be human and what qualities good citizens and leaders should have.”
It’s interesting that the USAFA would include the CEO of United Airlines, Scott Kirby, as a speaker on that subject. Kirby has been making a lot of news lately — but none of it has been for “honorable living” or “effective leadership.”
A resurfaced 2021 interview in which Kirby is seen boasting about his company’s “diversity, equity and inclusion” agenda went viral on social media last month, according to Fox News.
In the video, Kirby said United had pledged that 50 percent of its pilot classes would be “women or people of color.”
Kirby went on to lament that only 19 percent of his pilots were women or minorities, although he patted himself on the back, stating that this rate was the “highest of any airline in the country.”
Michael Seifert, founder and CEO of PublicSquare, posted the clip on X with the caption, “United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says they want ‘50%’ of their hires to be ‘women or people of color.’ He doesn’t care whether or not they can effectively fly an airplane – all that matters is race and gender.”
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