and so i worked my way up from the bottom using general daniel chappie jones as my here row, first black four-star general in the air force. so when i got to united and had an encounter with a captain that asked me do we have white pilots anymore, and he had notice that there was more black pilots getting hired. >> hold on. hold the phone. this is a white pilot asking you. >> yes. >> do we hire anymore white pilots? >> right. i was on a probationary check ride and i said i think so and i went ahead and done my job. come to find out this white pilot was from my hometown of america's georgia, and his family owned a restaurant that we couldn't eat in. >> no way. >> yes, sir. >> that's a small world. >> yes. >> you went ahead and did your job as black foal being have been doing this for years. you keep your head down and you do your work. >> yeah. >> but how emotionally did you process that as your welcome to the company? >> well, i told myself a long time ago growing up in the south, under jim crow laws that there's not a whole lot you can do about it by acting out, you just show people tha