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You want to hire the best and the brightest for this kind of job because it is a very stressful job and can take a toll on you, aging you prematurely. You want to make sure that the people doing it are the best."
Andrew Brigida, speaking to British newspaper The Telegraph on Thursday DEI hiring policies have no place in America, especially in safety-critical industries, yet they have shaped the FAA's hiring decisions for years. Last night's accident is a sobering reminder of the cost of placing ideology over expertise. How many more tragedies must occur before we return to common sense? It's time to demand accountability, end DEI hiring in aviation, and restore safety as the top priority in our airways."
Mountain States Legal Foundation said in a Thursday statement Every FAA-certified air traffic controller has gone through months of screening and training at the FAA Academy, and that is before another 18-24 months of training to learn specific regions and airspaces. There is a well-known national shortage of air traffic controllers, and the FAA has ramped up outreach to ensure no talent is left on the table. We are accelerating the pace of recruiting, training, and hiring to meet demand while maintaining the highest qualification standards."
FAA statement to Fox News in April 2024 The world order” could “start to evolve from the Arctic,
said Johanna Ikävalko, the director of the Arctic Centre With a stick, my son becomes a knight, an explorer, an Octonaut. My boyfriend found one and did his best Gandalf ‘You shall not pass!’ bit, and so I grabbed one too,
Have you no respect for the families whose lives have been turned upside down?”
It was unvaccinated children who died,
Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring.
The report quotes the Biden-era FAA's website's promotion of diversity hiring and states It may have, I don't know
But at another point, asked if race and gender played a role in the tragic accident, Trump said The FAA website states they include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism all qualified for the position of a controller of air planes pouring into our country, pouring into a little spot
Trump, quoting from the passage as he addressed reporters in the White House Press Briefing room, said On my second day in office, I ordered an immediate return to merit-based recruitment, hiring, and promotion, elevating safety and ability as the paramount standard. Yesterday's devastating accident tragically underscores the need to elevate safety and competence as the priority of the FAA."
Trump's Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety Executive Order FAA investigators are supporting the NTSB-led investigation of Wednesday night's midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport. The NTSB is leading the investigation and will provide all updates. We cannot comment on any aspect of open investigations. The FAA will quickly take any actions necessary based on evidence from the investigation."
The FAA said in a statement Most of the leaders I speak to absolutely see the value [of diversity],
said Tarang Amin, the CEO of e.l.f. Beauty, a cosmetics company that has stood behind its DEI programs Among other things, a diverse group of employees helps bring originality and creativity to our merchandise offerings, promoting the ‘treasure hunt’ that our customers value,
Costco said in its proxy statement to investors At its best, DEI is about developing talent, measuring it in a fair way and finding hidden talent and disadvantaged talent in a world where not everybody has an equal chance to exhibit their abilities,
Ken Frazier, the first Black chief executive of a major pharmaceutical company, told CNN in an October interview In this bill, if a person is so much as accused of a crime, if someone wants to point a finger and accuse someone of shoplifting, they would be rounded up and put into a private detention camp and sent out for deportation without a day in court,
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in response to the measure And he is saying with a lot of certainty that the blame is on DEI and the blame is in some ways on air traffic control and air traffic controller hiring.”
I hate to get so upset here but this is something that investigators will really need to pick apart piece-by-piece. And that is going to take some really significant time,
But, frankly, the president is getting out ahead of his skis here,
Muntean told CNN host Pamela Brown after Trump’s chaotic briefing on the collision between a commercial passenger jet and a military helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport It is an utterly bad faith and stupid argument,
