Yes: Obama, Biden Endangered Flights by Rejecting Whites for Air-Traffic Controller Jobs
Last month’s horrific plane crash that killed 67 at Washington’s Reagan National Airport was a wake-up call for the millions of Americans who fly regularly. . .
As President Donald Trump pointed out in the disaster’s aftermath, the Federal Aviation Administration in 2014 replaced its well-established merit-based selection process for would-be air-traffic controllers with a new “Biographical Questionnaire.”
Rather than focusing on a candidate’s proven skill set or familiarity with the high-pressure demands of the job, this test asked questions designed to benefit certain racial groups.
While previously the FAA’s entry tests favored candidates with years of rigorous aviation training in FAA-approved career technical schools, its new test measured intangible factors with little bearing on actual job performance.
These changes were intended to reduce the percentage of Caucasian candidates in the hiring pool. The FAA discriminated against ATC applicants in violation of federal civil-rights laws. (Read more from “Yes: Obama, Biden Endangered Flights by Rejecting Whites for Air-Traffic Controller Jobs” HERE)
