DEI doesn't apply to air traffic controllers [View all]

ByMichelle Stoddart and Stacey Dec
January 30, 2025, 6:47 PM

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night.

The air disaster occurred as an American Airlines passenger jet approaching Reagan Washington National Airport collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on a routine training flight ...

This is the first major commercial airline crash in the United States since 2009, when 50 people died after a plane crashed while landing near Buffalo Niagara International Airport ...

DEI and any similar programs do not apply to air traffic control hiring ... no one is given preferential treatment for race, sex, ethnicity or sexual orientation, a former FAA official told ABC News ...

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-evidence-appears-blame-faa-diversity-initiatives-factor/story?id=118272015

If he's lucky, somebody can cure his embarrassing verbal diarrhea