The Biden administration spent four years destroying the concept of merit-based hiring
Last year, more than 1,000 people filed a class action lawsuit against the FAA, claiming they were denied jobs because they are white.
Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt said his clients passed the test to become air traffic controllers. However, the Obama administration said the class was too white and tossed the test along with the applicants.
In 2012, the FAA stopped race-blind hiring rules and implemented a “biographical assessment to hire more minorities.”
Last year, the Daily Mail reported the FAA launched a campaign to hire recruits with “severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and physical issues.”
At that time, Elon Musk tweeted that it would take an airplane crashing and killing people for the FAA to change its crazy DEI policies.
Was Musk right? In the last year, I have written at least three columns on the FAA, Boeing, and the airline industry in general. It’s tragic that something this horrible happened.
The Biden administration spent four years destroying the concept of merit-based hiring. Instead, they implemented an illegal quota system under the more pleasant-sounding name of DEI.
Will the truth concerning this tragedy ever be known? Who can say? One thing we do know is that nothing about this can be blamed on Trump, despite the radical left’s sick attempts at deflection.
Whether DEI played a part in this tragedy or not, I agree with Musk. You cannot continue to hire people without considering merit. It’s illogical and immoral under any circumstances, but especially when people's lives are at stake.