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FLASHBACK: FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based solely on race (www.washingtontimes.com)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This questionnaire with a built-in cheat code is a scandal, but it's not the reason for the current increase in accidents - to even take the questionnaire, you already had to pass the 200 hour training and get a high result in the relevant 8h skill test.

The main reason is the permanent understaffing in control towers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for the info. Glad there is a lot of training thats required for the role. An 8hr test is pretty brutal.

Being an air traffic controller is one of the most stressful jobs you can have. Hell, I wouldn't be able to cope doing it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah but where's the actual proof? This is an opinion piece.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

im not sure if i should be mad because im missing important information in the headline

what race were the people who got turned away

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

the title is bullshit, it's a dog whistle attack on DEI hires to draw attention away from the fact that trump just killed 70 people by firing FAA officials.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

No they didn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

solution: complete hiring freeze.

worked out great.

incidentally, that racist opinion piece is ridiculous. all and your title is wrong:

...applicants who had already graduated from a 200-hour training program and achieved high scores on AT-SAT...