The FAA has a 3,000 person shortage. Last year, the racists in charge of the FAA refused to hire 1,000 qualified people, due to their race. A lawsuit was filed.
It is time for President Trump to end the lawsuit, admitted the Biden Administration committed racism, and give these 1,000 people the jobs they earned. Those involved with the racist policy need to be fired on the spot, racists have no place in our government.
“The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision.
Complaints about the FAA’s hiring policies resurfaced after the American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, killing 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.
Details of the litigation re-emerged, too, as Andrew Brigida, the lead plaintiff in the suit filed in 2015, suggested the federal aviation agency’s obsession with diversity hiring and inclusion had only ensured that an accident was likely to happen.:
FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race — that contributed to staffing woes
By Emily Crane, NY Post, 1/30/25 https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/faa-embroiled-in-lawsuit-alleging-it-turned-away-1000-applicants-based-on-race/
The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision.
Complaints about the FAA’s hiring policies resurfaced after the American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, killing 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.
Details of the litigation re-emerged, too, as Andrew Brigida, the lead plaintiff in the suit filed in 2015, suggested the federal aviation agency’s obsession with diversity hiring and inclusion had only ensured that an accident was likely to happen.
The FAA has faced scrutiny over its hiring policies after it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision in Washington, DC.U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters
The crux of the lawsuit is that the FAA, under the Obama administration, dropped a skill-based system for hiring controllers and replaced it with a “biographical assessment” in an alleged bid to boost the number of minority job applicants.
Brigida, who is white, alleges he was discriminated against solely based on his race when his application was rejected, court papers state.
The would-be air traffic controller, who graduated from Arizona State University’s collegiate training initiative in 2013, was turned down for a job even though he had scored 100% on his training exam, the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit adds to the mounting criticism the FAA has faced this week over its hiring policies — with some, including President Trump, claiming diversity programs were in part to blame for understaffing and overall lower standards for air traffic controllers.
Asked if he thought years of diversity hiring ensured that an aviation accident was bound to happen, Brigida told the Telegraph, “Yes, that’s kind of accurate.”
His assessment came as the FAA revealed that the air traffic controller on duty at the time of the passenger plane-Black Hawk helicopter crash late Wednesday was doing the work of two people.
Staffing in the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” the FAA found in its preliminary report into the crash.
The understaffing resulted in a controller pulling double duty — overseeing helicopters while also guiding arriving and departing planes on the busy airport’s runways, according to the report, which added that the responsibilities are typically split between two controllers.
The airport’s air traffic control facilities have been understaffed for years — with only 19 fully certified controllers on deck as of September 2023, according to Congress’ Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan report.
Brigida, who now works in the FAA as a program manager, said he hoped Trump would “immediately” work to fix the apparent staffing crisis within the agency.
“He obviously sees the issue at hand and if he didn’t, I’m sure people that work in the Department of Transportation and the FAA informed him that there is an issue with staffing and air traffic control and I’m hoping they can work on it immediately,” he told the Telegraph.
The Post reached out to the FAA regarding the ongoing lawsuit but didn’t hear back immediately.
The aviation agency and US Department of Transport are fighting the suit, which is slated to go to court early next year.
You work for an organization that sets a policy you totally disagree with. Your options are, you can sue but that will cost you money and probably your job, you can quit and that will cost you money or you just go along with the policy. The people at the top of the FAA who made the decision to invoke DEI in their hiring practice should be held accountable with a fine, loss of pension and even jail time. But we all know that will not happen. Trump can do all he can to change the hiring policy which will last only until the next progressive is in charge.