FAA’s Diversity Policies Under Fire After Deadly Air Collision

[impulse]

6 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

@proton, After reading your response above, I saw a book on DEI that I thought you might like...

 

There it is.  I want the most qualified candidates flying the plane and running ATC desks, regardless of race.  (As required by the US Constitution).   And that makes me a racist.

 

[proton]

2 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

There it is.  I want the most qualified candidates flying the plane and running ATC desks, regardless of race.  (As required by the US Constitution).   And that makes me a racist.

 

 

Or maybe a corpse when the DEI appointee is flying a plane, in the control tower or turns up to put a fire out and wets herself.

[impulse]

7 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Good point. Better late than never for a thorough review of hiring policy. Surely the fundamental criteria for selecting somebody for work as important as flight traffic control must be to appoint the person best qualified to do the job.

 

It's a shame that it took a tragedy(s) (and a change in the Oval Office) for all the dirt to come out.  And come out, it is.  All over the right wing press.  MSM?  Still hiding it.  That's why their credibility, the public's trust, and their stock price is in the tank.

 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

10 hours ago, Social Media said:

“You want to hire the best and the brightest for this kind of job because it is a very stressful job and it can take a toll on you, age you prematurely,” he told The Telegraph. “You want to make sure that the people that are doing it are the best.”  

 

Wait a minute... this reeks of nonsense... is he parroting what Mr Trump said?

 

Or is The Telegraph full of A.I. bullship?

 

Why is he posing for a photo for The Telegraph?

 

President Trump said those exact words a day (or so) ago: "You want to hire the best and the brightest..."

 

So is this kid just a parrot or is this just more A.I. nonsense designed to shape opinion?

[mikebike]

🤣 hilarious responses.

 

The biggest DEI hires in civil aviation are former military pilots. Yes, hiring veterans falls directly under DEI.

 

It's like most of you barf out DEI without having a clue about it 😔

[WDSmart]

6 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

There it is.  I want the most qualified candidates flying the plane and running ATC desks, regardless of race.  (As required by the US Constitution).   And that makes me a racist.

 

I think we differ in two areas on this.
One is that I want only QUALIFIED candidates employed, not necessarily the MOST QUALIFIED. The final decision considers other things, such as years of experience, salary expectations, and, yes, DEI.
The second is that it makes me a non-racist and a proponent of DEI. 

[alanrchase]

38 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

I'd suggest you look at the article in VigilantNews entitled Did DEI Hiring Policies Contribute to the Reagan Airport Midair Collision? 

 

Don't even bother to look at their analysis of the facts.  Just the facts...  They passed over thousands of tested, qualified ATC candidates in favor of DEI.  Or was it DIE?

 

But there aren't any relevant facts in the article.

[candide]

2 hours ago, novacova said:

Yet a 1st grade graduate can understand that the FAA is still suffering from Biden’s administration’s failure 

Yet a first grade graduate can understand d it was a parody of usual MAGA statements! 😆

[candide]

Could it be simply that these people were not good enough to succesfully pass the exams and tests? 🙂

[candide]

3 hours ago, novacova said:

Yet a 1st grade graduate can understand that the FAA is still suffering from Biden’s administration’s failure 

Suuuure! Look on the graph how the number of controllers decreased under Trump (after Obama), and started to increase under Biden

 

https://www.oig.dot.gov/sites/default/files/FAA Controller Staffing and Training at Critical Facilities Final Report-06-21-23.pdf

 

The FAA also exceeded targets in 2023/2024 and recruited 1800.

https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-hits-air-traffic-controller-hiring-goal

 

But don't let facts get in the way of a good MAGA story! 😆