On Thursday, while addressing Thursday’s plane crash near Washington, D. C., President Donald Trump blasted both the Obama and Biden administrations for prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion ( DEI ) initiatives within the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Transportation.  ,
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” I put safety first. Obama, Biden, and the Democrats put coverage first, and they put politicians at a level that one’s always seen”, Trump told reporters in the White House lecture room.
Liberals and the conventional media were furious.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N) stated,” It’s one thing for computer experts to hurl up plot ideas. Y. ) said. Even though patients are still being recovered and their families are still being notified, it’s another president of the United States of America should disprove empty debate. It turns your stomach” . ,
But Trump was never bad.
In fact, worries about the FAA’s La plans are not new. Criticism has long been made by detractors that these guidelines have obliterated important health measures, especially in a time when there are shortages of air traffic controllers, outdated equipment, and a rise in near misses. According to reports, the air traffic controller who was present at the time of the incident was essentially carrying out the duties assigned to two people.
In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker last year, 11 Democratic attorneys general expressed their concerns about the company’s commitment to security given its focus on variety over expertise. They expressed sorrow that the FAA appeared to emphasize “virtue-signaling” over securing the world’s airlines.
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Associated:  , Biden’s First Pick to Prospect FAA Was a Complete DEI Hire Who Knew Nothing About Aviation
The Obama administration, which developed a symbiotic method to promote diversity within the FAA, is where these La efforts came from. This target was a little sluggish during Trump’s president, but it has since been revived under Biden. The FAA’s most striking hiring practices were revised, frequently excluding qualified candidates for those who met specific demographic criteria, in order to expand its workforce.
The FAA turned away tons of qualified air traffic controllers last year, according to a report from The Washington Times that season because they were of the bad race.
It’s just a matter of time before the streak ends, though, there hasn’t been a deadly aircraft crash in the US since 2009. The FAA recorded two critical, near-miss airport attacks at Reagan National and Baltimore-Washington International next year]2023].
Vigilance is waning because the government’s air traffic control buildings are terribly understaffed. The people in charge of preventing flights from colliding with one another are exhausted after working much, overtime-compensated shifts to make up for the lack of devices.
Contributing to the deficit, the FAA periodically put the brakes on hiring in 2012 so it could change race-blind hiring principles with a” Biographical Assessment” strategy designed to get more immigrants.
This test was used as a more screening tool for applicants who had already completed a 200-hour training program and had high scores on the AT-SAT, a demanding, eight-hour cognitive test that evaluated each of the specific skills needed to perform the job correctly.
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More than 3, 000 top-performing, inspired candidates lost out because they weren’t users of this cultural club. Some original candidates reapplied and later became controllers after the FAA was forced to do so in 2018. Their professions were unjustifiably delayed by several times.
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Had black hiring guidelines have prevented Wednesday’s drama? The data is growing that they might have.
