Posted on 02/01/2025 12:23:28 AM PST by grundle
An aspiring air traffic controller who claimed he was denied a job because of diversity targets said the aviation agency’s obsession with inclusion made an accident likely to happen.
Andrew Brigida, 35, scored 100 per cent in his training exam but alleged that he was denied a position in an air traffic control tower because the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recruitment process favoured diverse candidates. He is part of a class action lawsuit filed against the federal agency.
Speaking after the Washington air disaster, in which 67 people were killed, Mr Brigida claimed that years of diversity hiring meant it was only a matter of time before an accident happened.
“You want to hire the best and the brightest for this kind of job because it is a very stressful job and it can take a toll on you, age you prematurely,” he told The Telegraph. “You want to make sure that the people that are doing it are the best.”
Mr Brigida graduated from Arizona State University’s collegiate training initiative in 2013 – a partnership programme with the FAA that was previously used to train and select the most qualified applicants.
After scoring top marks in his air traffic control selection and training examination, he was placed on a preferred candidate list until the FAA changed the rules. Under the Obama administration, the regulator replaced a skills-based test with a biographical questionnaire to attract more diverse applicants.
When Mr Brigida tried again to become an air traffic controller under the new tests, he said he failed the biographical questionnaire because he “didn’t fit the preferred ethnic profile”.
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BTTT
I took that test back in 1971. It wasn’t easy and I didn’t have a good feeling about my performance as I left the room. I heard nothing from the FAA for over a year. Finally I got an offer from them. It was for a particular location in Georgia. Not Atlanta airport, but some regional center, I think. The pay was even worse than what I was getting, so I didn’t follow up.
FTA——Brigida was on the “preferred candidate” list until the FAA changed the rules under Obama. A skills-based test was downgraded with an Obama-dictated DEI-centric “biographical questionnaire”....... to attract more diverse applicants.
When Mr Brigida retried to become an air traffic controller under the new tests, he failed
the biographical questionnaire because he “didn’t fit Obama’s preferred ethnic profile”.
In its 0bama-era archives, the FAA bloviates about:
<><>”On-the-spot special appointment authority”
<><>to hire individuals via a “non-competitive hiring method,”
<><>which specified hiring air traffic controllers “with severe physical disabilities,”
<><>”and those with psychiatric disabilities, and intellectual disabilities.”
The FAA initiative was last updated by Obama accomplice, Joe Biden, according to Fox News.
The cover-up is at Mack one speed———liberals pretending
St Obama never lowered the standards for air-traffic controllers.
This we know. Lame brain Obama scrapped 1000 qualified FAA candidates.
<><>stoopnagel Obama’s justification?
<><>the pool of applicants was not “diverse enough,”
<><>so the color-coded moron purged them from consideration.
<><>no more hiring candidates with the “most competency” by Dei-blinded Obama,
<><>key FAA jobs were sanctified by St Obama for hiring based solely on their race.
Another complete disgrace by our government, or should I say the DEMOCRATS (see tagline).
I’ve got to think that AI could do this job better than most humans at this point. With a human supervisor keeping tabs on things. An AI assistant at least.
Bttt.
5.56mm
the clown just keeps on giving long after hes gone
This makes Americans “feel good”..../s.
No more hiring ATCs with the “most competency” thanks to Dei blinkered Obama.
Key FAA jobs were sanctified by St Obama———for hires based solely on race.
Re “the clown”:
It would be easier if he WAS just a clown… but he is and was not. He is and was a subversive POS the set out (or was directed) to rip out the foundations of this Country.
And he did.
And he needs to be brought to account for it at every opportunity
Think I’ll wait a couple years before I fly again
“When Mr Brigida tried again to become an air traffic controller under the new tests, he said he failed the biographical questionnaire because he “didn’t fit the preferred ethnic profile”.“
Straight up racism.
I’d be interested in knowing the name of the ATC who conveniently left early on the day of the crash.
My oldest brother was an Army ATC in Vietnam. Whe he got out he became FAA ATC. He lasted about 2 years and decided it wasn’t for him. So he applied to Treasury and became secret service agent. He was assigned to the White House during the Nixon years. He lasted there about 2 years. He said it was worse than pulling guard duty in the Army. He became a plumber after that and for the next 40 years.
Donald
Ending
Inclusivity
DEI recruiting has been going on within the military for quite some time as well
Pete was in the cabinet to be sure Queers got government jobs.
My son has been training at NAS Jacksonville to be an air traffic controller for two years now, and next year he’ll have to make the decision to separate or stay in. He wants to get a job doing what he’s been training for outside the military but knows the hurdles that await him because of DEI.
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