In Ferguson v. Veterans Admin., 723 F.2d 871 (11th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Ferguson v. Walters, 469 U.S. 1072, 105 S.Ct. 563, 83 L.Ed.2d 504 (1984), this Court held that failure to follow an affirmative action plan in training an individual for a job as a librarian did not violate Title VII.
In Liao v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 867 F.2d 1366, 1369 (11th Cir. 1989), cert. denied, 494 U.S. 1078 (1990), the Eleventh Circuit found that because the TVA's affirmative action plan is not mandatory, "the failure to give a preference under such a plan cannot be used to support an allegation of discrimination in employment decisions."