The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the

nation’s oldest, largest and most widely

- recognized grassroots based civil rights organization. Formed in 1909 by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers, the

NA ACP is a nonprofit organization established with the objective of ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of people of color. For over 102 years, the NAACP has challenged this nation to uphold its promise of equal opportunity to ward the goal of eliminating racial prejudice and removing all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.

In a process established by the NAACP Constitution, t his resolution was adopted by the delegates to the 101 st Annual Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, during the legislative session in July, 2010. It was subsequently ratified by the NAACP National Board of Directors at its meeting on October 15, 2010. T his resolution is now the policy of the Association, and is “binding on th e Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, the Officers, and all units.”

In Support of More Diversity and Advancement at United Airlines and Other Air Carriers

WHEREAS

, millio n s of African

- Americans and other minorities utilize the services of

United Airlines and all other domestic air carriers every year; and

WHEREAS , over 200 African

- American pilots and other airline professio nals were hired by United Airlines as a result of class action litigation and a consen t decree in the

1980 s; and

WHEREAS

, an identifiable pat t ern of racial discrimination and incidents of harassment

of Afri can

- American pilots by United Airlines management have s erved to limit or th w ar t

the we ll deserv ed advancement of qualifi e d Af rican

- Am ericans and other minority profession als; and

WHEREAS, the pattern of discrimination has had a disparate impact on the qu al ified

African

- American or minority pilots and airline professio nals who w e re passed over for

numerous pro m otions or forced out or locked out of ma nagement pos it i ons by discriminatory practices; and

WHEREAS, complaints about the pattern of a lack of promotions for A frican

- Americans

and other minorities have been i gnored by United Ai rlines senior management; and

WHEREAS , current U nited Airli nes CEO Glenn Tilton was a senior level manager with

over 20 years at the Texaco Corporation wh en that company was sued in 1994 by six

A frican

- American employees for patterns of racial discrimination and thereaf t er reached

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

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BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS

President & Chief Executive Officer ROSLYN M. BROCK

Chairman, Board of Directors LEON W RUSSELL

Chairman, Resolutions Committee

National Board of Directorsa m ajor mult i million dollar settlement in 1996 assisted by pressure from the NAACP and

key civil rights acti v ists ; and

WHEREAS , a pattern of racial discrimi nation in promotions of African

- Americans and

other minority employees simi lar to that found evident at the Texaco Cor poration in the

1990s became notice able in the years after Mr. Tilton became CEO of Un ited Air l ines in

2002 ; and

WHEREAS , a merger between United and Con t inenta l Air l ines wa s announced on May

3

, 2010

, and this pending mer ger is expected to be appro ved by D epartment of Justice (D OJ ) by the end of the year ; and

WHEREAS , the merging of United and Continenta l will likely cause the elimination of

m any managem ent positions with a disparate impact on A frican

- A mericans and other

m inorities ; and

WHEREAS , it is urgent that a new consent decree be ne gotiated BEFORE the fin al approval of t he planned merger of United and Cont i nental and that decree must establish a strong diversi ty and inclusion policy supporting the pro motion of African

Americans and other minorities into all levels of management to include the position of
director, vice president, president or CEO.

THEREFORE, B E IT RESO L VED , tha t the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

, (N AACP)

, active ly suppor t, thro ug h all available means

, a n end to all discriminatory procedures a n d practices or ha ra ss ment at United Airlines or a ny airline

that has caused a harmful or disparate impact on African

- American and other minority employees; and

BE IT F INALLY RESOLVED

, that the NAACP support all available legal options to encourage United Airlines and all domestic air carriers to fully compensate all African

American and minority pilots and professionals for lost promotional opportunities or

harassment ; and immediately adopt effective remedies including policies and procedures that affirmatively consider African

- Americans and other minorities for all management and senior management position s up to and including CEO and director.

Roslyn M. Brock Leon Russell Benjamin Todd Jealous

Chairman Chairman President & CEO

National Board of Directors Committee on Resolutions