'Unfireable' female firefighter to get unprecedented seventh chance to pass FDNY physical test

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | December 27, 2015 | Hannah Parry

[QT3.14]

A female firefighter who has repeatedly failed the fitness test is being given an unprecedented seventh try.

Wendy Tapia, 34, was allowed to conditionally graduate from the FDNY's Randall's Island training academy in May 2013 - despite failing the required running test, New York Post reports.

Typically firefighters who fail the exam at the end of academy training don't graduate and are forced to re-take the entire course in the next academy class.

But Tapia, blaming a foot injury for her failure, was allowed to take it again not once, but five more times over the next six months.

[QT3.14]

The dumbing-down of America continues.

[SharpRightTurn]

Affirmative action and quotas will be the death of us.

[A_Former_Democrat]

So why don’t our friends in the MSM do some investigative reporting and find out who is making these decisions?

Waiting . . .

[apoliticalone]

Providing special immunity and privileges for some based on their gender,religion, and ethnicity is not equality.....it is most assuredly elitist sponsored ethnic and gender supremacy.

[Squantos]

She must have really nice shiny brass ....

[Rock Eye Jack]

Trump attacked Scalia’s Anti Affirmative Action Position

[ROCKLOBSTER]

She must have really nice shiny brass ..

Fire hos?

[IronJack]

That's because you remain mired in the old definition of equality. If it's equal, it's unequal. But if it's unequal, it's equal. Unless it's not. In which case it is unless it's something else.

Understand?

[o-n-money]

New World Order: PC trumps Common Sense.

[Secret Agent Man]

She cannot do the job.

She has gotten far more special treatment, been treated favorably unequal, and can’t do it.

This sh1t just has to end. Life is not fair and everyone has limits. Just because women cannot make a tram it doesn’t mean the team is unfair to them or suffers because a womanmisn’t on the team.

I am so tired of this token bullsh1t. They don’t care if it causes more people to die. It’s complete crap.

[moovova]

"You are a disgusting price of crap, recruit! GET DOWN AND GIVE ME ONE PUSHUP!"

[Squantos]

nozzle polisher..... pole professional .... water head etc...

[soycd]

She must suck in a way that can not be refused.

[the_individual2014]

Agreed, I knew some guys that wanted to become navy seals but ended up dropping out for they could not make it, was it fair, no, but it was what is it was, you just have to deal and move on in life.

[glyptol]

Just looking for a civil service welfare check.
I wonder if some of her relatives work for NYFD?

[ErnBatavia]

Remindful of USMC Boot Camp - July 1966 - "Get DOWN! Squat thrusts for ever and ever!"

I got lucky when I received the order -- it was five minutes before 'fall into formation for the march to chow' bellow from the D.I.

[Twink]

Why wasn’t it fair? If they couldn’t pass the tests/requirements then they weren’t capable of performing the tasks required. Nothing unfair about that.

[Secret Agent Man]

And they didnt go out and say the standards were to high or unfair. They didnt make it their lifes mission to lower standards.

This stuff just p1sses me off.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think she'd be far happier on the Chappaqua...or Greenwich...or New Canaan Fire Department.That way the Limousine Liberal 1% who demand that she be a fireman will have *their* lives on the line when she shows up at their houses at 2am.