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FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington
Ongoing policy criticism envelops crash aftermath despite no evidence DEI hiring played any role in accident
FILE - Planes are parked at gates are at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times - Thursday, January 30, 2025
Years before Wednesday’s fatal collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, critics warned that the Obama and Biden administrations had jeopardized safety by prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion at the Federal Aviation Administration.
President Trump faced criticism Thursday after suggesting that the FAA’s DEI-focused hiring practices “could have” contributed to the crash, even while the cause remained under investigation.
“It’s one thing for internet pundits to spew up conspiracy theories. It’s another for the president of the United States of America to throw out idle speculation even as victims are still being recovered and families are still being notified. It turns your stomach,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat.
Critics warned that the FAA’s focus on DEI diverted time and resources from air travel safety. It hobbled the agency as it grappled with air traffic controller shortages, antiquated monitoring equipment and an increase in near misses on crowded airport runways, they said. An unidentified source told The Associated Press on Thursday that the air traffic controller in charge of monitoring the airspace at the time of the fatal collision was performing the work of two people.
Air safety concerns prompted 11 Republican attorneys general to write to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker last year to question the administration’s hiring practices and priorities.
FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington
Years before Wednesday’s fatal collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet approaching Reagan National Airport, critics warned the Obama and Biden administrations had jeopardized safety by prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion at the Federal Aviation Administration.www.washingtontimes.com
I'm old enough to remember Boeing's having big d e i/quality problems last couple years
And whistleblowers getting assassinated over it
Bonus
They should have hired a guy in a dress and lipstick
Transphobic bigots full of conspiracy theory hate
Finally read the link and this really nails part of the problem;
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As late as last year, the FAA was recruiting those with targeted disabilities, including “hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism.” The recruitment began during the Obama administration and appears to have continued through Mr. Trump’s first term and into Mr. Biden’s presidency.
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FAA’s diversity hiring practices were under scrutiny long before the air disaster in Washington
Years before Wednesday’s fatal collision between a military helicopter and a passenger jet approaching Reagan National Airport, critics warned the Obama and Biden administrations had jeopardized safety by prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion at the Federal Aviation Administration.
www.washingtontimes.com
Can't help wondering if the FAA fudged their final exams and qualifying tests after "training" them. If one has a problem hearing, seeing, thinking, etc., wonder how they would perform duties as an ATC ???
