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Feb 1, 2025
The helicopter pilot was white, the airplane pilot was white, and the air traffic controller was white.
Airplane Pilot Demographics by Race
The most common ethnicity among airplane pilots is White, which makes up 84.6% of all airplane pilots. Comparatively, 5.2% of airplane pilots are Hispanic or Latino, and 5.2% are Unknown.
Job Title: Airline Pilot
- White, 84.6%
- Unknown, 5.2%
- Hispanic or Latino, 5.2%
- Asian, 2.5%
- Black or African American, 2.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
96.6% of airline pilots are men. 3.4% of airline pilots are women. If this is DEI, then the commercial airline industry is doing it badly.