ABSTRACT
Imagine a typical day at a major airport in the US, such as Los Angeles International Airport. Normally, you will see minorities working in the following positions: Blacks (males) can normally be found working as Skycaps; blacks (females) generally are working the security checkpoints; females in general dominate the ticket counters for most airlines. Hispanics (males) are generally working in the catering services, while the females can be found in housekeeping, cleaning aircraft for the next flight. Asians (females) are usually found working the food service areas in the airport terminal. As one gets closer to the aircraft, the ethnicity of the employees begins to change. One sees individuals in uniforms such as flight attendants who are typically female; however, there are some males working as flight attendants, who are often mistaken as pilots. Other individuals found in uniform are pilots, who are typically white male. If you happen to look out the window onto the ramp area, you will notice individuals working around the aircraft, and, again, the majority of these workers are white male, with a spattering of other ethnicities including a few females.
