It pretty well provides Trump with a reason to suspect dei initiatives may be part of the problem.

DEI is not the problem. At all. That's ridiculous.
Do you know how many ATCs are white?
How many pilots are White?
Do you know that the website Trump scrubbed removing all the "DEI" wording was the same under Trump's first term?
Did you?
Do you know that the ability to do the job is and always has been first and foremost?
Do you know what it takes to become an ATC?

Do you know why the head of the FAA is gone?
Because Musk's rockets blew up and rained shht all over flights going over the Indian Ocean, so he got a "no fly" order until safety could be reasonably guaranteed. That made Musk furious and demanded the his head.

Do you know what Musk said of all the debris falling from his blown up space craft that was wreaking havoc on flights?
"Entertaining" I think was the word.

Only the best - just look at who he's putting on his cabinet, or the head of the FBI (Geezus kriest!), or the DNI, or HHS.
I am stunned at how spectacularly horrible and wretched Trump and the GOP are doing so far.

Gulf of Mexico, not the Indian Ocean*

Do you know that the website Trump scrubbed removing all the "DEI" wording was the same under Trump's first term?

To be clear for all our MAGAs: This DEI policy Trump was ranting on and on about was enacted in 2019, under Trump.

It continues to have nothing to do with this crash.

You're getting facts mixed up.

This amnesty program was under Obama.

I'm not talking about Trump. I was referring to some changes made under Obama that give the appearance of dei and would justify why Trump indicated as such.

You are confused and wrong. I suggest you get the facts before attempting to correct me. You are trumpeting Trump's lies with your misinformed nonsense, Bill:

(T)he Wayback Machine retains links from June 2017 and January 2021 that show the FAA page was unchanged during Trump's tenure. The list included:
Hearing (total deafness in both ears)
Vision (Blind)
Missing Extremities
Partial Paralysis
Complete Paralysis, Epilepsy
Severe intellectual disability
Psychiatric disability
Dwarfism

The June 2019 webpage for the Aviation Development Program (ADP) " also now removed but still visible on the Wayback Machine " said the program "provides an opportunity for Persons with Targeted Disabilities (PWTD) to gain aviation knowledge and experience as an air traffic control student trainee." Participants would get up to one year of experience in an Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), with a possibility of getting a temporary appointment at the FAA Academy.

In August 2021, the FAA announced that one of the first three ADP candidates graduated from the FAA Academy and became an official air traffic control trainee. "Twelve candidates are in the pipeline for the ADP, pending completion of the clearance process," the agency said. "Candidates must first pass the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA), followed by the security and medical clearance process."

Actually not.
This is stunningly stupid, Bill. Seriously. Stunning.

#113 - read the thread. Pay attention to all the places that stupid shht you just posted was shown to be complete garbage. If you then have something intelligent to say, then please do so.

We have NEVER recovered from Reagan firing all the air traffic controllers on strike.

We hired more air traffic controllers in 2024 than any year in the past decade. INCLUDING under Trump.

You are a liar and a racist. Society would be better off if you never left your hole in the ground.

#104 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2025-01-31 12:49 PM | FLAG: | NEWSWORTHY 2

^^^THIS^^^
Thank you, Sycophant!

And those mythical failures were all corrected just in time for Trump to win... I think Bill's even said that, unless I'm mistaken.