Post by dsi1It's a high stress job that doesn't pay enough. OTOH, it seems like a
task better suited for high speed digital electronic computers. My guess
is that Trump might play high stakes poker with the controllers. Reagan
did that during his term. It took America a decade to fully recover from
that. Well, that's what I read anyway.
OBAMMY = America's Public Enemy NUMBER ONE
BOOOO...!!! :-(
NY POST:
FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based
on race — that contributed to staffing woes
By Emily Crane - Published Jan. 31, 2025,
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 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..."
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