Days after Trump takes over, US has first mid-air collision in 16 years

[rturner76]

DEI has led to the shortages of air traffic controllers:

I can see that, it's a highly specialized job.

"A major class-action lawsuit has been filed against the federal agency over claims that applications for air traffic controllers were rejected based on race.

Here we go with the "white man is faces discrimination." How is that when it's white people who own all of the airlines?

The original lawsuit was filed on behalf of Andrew Brigida, who claimed the FAA under the Obama administration dropped a skill-based system for hiring air traffic controllers (ATCs) and replaced it with a "biographical assessment," which was allegedly used to attract more minority applicants.

Ok so do you really believe that Obama looks at job applications sent in by potential ATcS? I think je was too busy to work in HR for the FAA.

Brigida, who is white and scored 100 percent on his training exam, said he was discriminated against because of his race when his application was rejected.

Did he prove it in court? I really don't know.

In January 2014, Brigida received an email informing him that the FAA was "implementing changes to improve and streamline" the hiring process for air traffic controllers and that his application was "impacted" by these changes, according to William Perry Pendley, an attorney and president of the Mountain States Legal Foundation, the firm handling the lawsuit.

The Mountain States Legal Foundation is representing hundreds of people from different racial backgrounds who say they were discriminated against under the FAA's hiring policy."

Let me get this straight.....Hundreds of different races have been discriminated by the FAA. That sounds like equal opportunity discrimination. That doesn't sound like white men are being singled out to me.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash​

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press.

 

[Nithavela]

Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash​

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press.

The firings will continue until performance improves.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash​

The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air traffic controller told the Associated Press.

Thankfully this will not affect Air Force 1 or 2.

 

[RileyG]

Obviously Trump didnt cause this thing to happen.

But the symbolism is appropriate imo.

I don’t think so, but ok.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

Trump did a poor job setting up that irreversible withdrawal, didn't he?

Biden did what he wanted to do.

 

[NxNW]

Biden did what he wanted to do.

Another false statement.

 

[RestoreTheJoy]

Another false statement.

Biden didn't do what he wanted to do? How so? He wanted to withdraw and he stupidly announced to the world when that would happen, and then he withdrew the military FIRST leaving behind 13 members to die, and a lot of allies/interpreters, and billions in equipment. A normal sequence would get out people first and equipment second where possible. THEN withdraw the military.

 

[NxNW]

Biden didn't do what he wanted to do? How so?

Trump had already put it in motion, and had bragged it couldn't be stopped.

 

[wing2000]

Thankfully this will not affect Air Force 1 or 2.

IMO, the POTUS should fly on commerical airlines....reserving the 1st class section of the plane should suffice.

Killing the Boeing contract (for the new AF1/2) will save $5.3 BILLION.

 

[durangodawood]

IMO, the POTUS should fly on commerical airlines....reserving the 1st class section of the plane should suffice.

Killing the Boeing contract (for the new AF1/2) will save $5.3 BILLION.

I would not want to fly with the US Pres on the plane with me.

Instead they should only use high speed rail.