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Because I have common sense."
When reporters asked how he could determine that diversity had something to do with the crash while the investigation is in the early stages, he replied A group within the FAA determined that the workforce was too white, then they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and to change it immediately,
We lost family members today,
Misha Mitrofanov, who teamed with Alisa Efimova to win the U.S. pairs championship, told reporters in Norwood, Massachusetts There’s no words to describe how sad it is to see something like,
said Rachel Hillock, who traveled to Washington today on a Southwest flight from Chicago with her two daughters FAA employees with disabilities did not cause last night’s tragic plane crash,
The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative, spelled out on the agency’s website.”
When all is said and done, this one was probably an avoidable accident,
We've had a loss of personnel during the pandemic, pilots, air traffic controllers, technicians across the board,
We have redundant systems in our country—automation systems as well as protocols and training that all work together to give us the transportation system that we have today and the safety record that we've had over all these years,
says Hassan Shahidi, president and CEO of the Flight Safety Foundation For some jobs, we need the highest level of genius,
Aviation has come a long way in a sense of technology and a sense of pilot training and controller training. That's not to say it couldn't get better,
Commercial aviation in the U.S. hasn't had a major accident since 2009. So you're talking about almost two decades of safe flying, considering all the number of flights that are going on out there. So, it's still very safe to travel, like I said, the major U. S. carriers do have a great safety record,
There is probably, maybe not every day, but probably on average, every other day, a plane crash somewhere in the United States,
Jim Brauchle, an aviation attorney for Motley Rice, told Newsweek via video chat on Thursday ... adding that I won't fly privately, but I will fly commercially, and I stick with the major carriers."
Lawyer Jim Brauchle told Newsweek on Thursday At this point we don't believe there are any survivors."
The precise number of casualties and survivors remains unclear, but D.C. Fire EMS Chief John Donnelly said at a Thursday morning news conference So, generally speaking, commercial air travel on airlines and regional airlines is very, very safe, ... It's not say we don't have some problem areas like we saw last night."
The reaction by the industry, and I'm talking about the system, pilots, controllers and so forth, is to really sharpen their skill set. And so usually in the immediate aftermath, there's much less risk. Where the risk is that after some time and people lapse back into the old patterns and habits, then we get back to the same or worse risk environment,
Our prayers are with the families and friends of those affected by the tragic plane crash that occurred in our nation’s capital. South Central Kansas is a close community, and it's likely that many of us directly or indirectly know people who were on Flight 5342 on Jan. 29,
the lawmakers’ joint written statement said As the local representative, I want the families to know that our office is available to serve you in any way that we possibly can in this time of grief and transition and loss,
Beyer said at another press conference Thursday morning I would say the helicopter was aware there was a plane in the area,
