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On DEI and the claim that you’ve made, are you saying this crash was somehow caused and the result of diversity hiring? And what evidence have you seen to support these claims?” ... It just could have been.”
A reporter asked ... Trump replied How you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash?” ... Because I have common sense, OK? And, unfortunately, a lot of people don’t.”
I think safety is in the public interest, and that’s our primary focus,
Whitaker testified to the House transportation committee He’s just got a good line of bullshit, ... and he’s run it right into the ground with his diversity. So I had to say that it’s terrible.”
Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew air traffic control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch. President Trump now oversees the military and the FAA.”
Buttigieg fired back at once The greatest humbug of all is the man who believes – or pretends to believe – that everything and everybody are humbugs.”
But, ... as PT Barnum, the original expert on the subject of humbuggery and suckers, wrote I was having the greatest year of my business career, and I was sitting having breakfast thinking of how well things were going for me.”
Mounting the pulpit at New York’s Marble Collegiate church to deliver the main eulogy, Trump began We want brilliant people doing this.”
Buttigieg was “bullshit”, while Trump said, self-referentially Why should we give him medical coverage?”
We must have only the highest standards for those who work in the aviation system. I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary,
Trump said during a press conference Thursday It is imperative that we do everything we can to keep the training pipeline open so we can continue to train qualified candidates. I don't see the quality of the training as the problem, but rather that the staffing levels are not where they need to be,
This is not sustainable. Being proactive regarding hiring is the probably the biggest measure our administration could make to alleviate the fears of the flying public. Luckily, they have the opportunity to do just that, and it will pay off in safer skies,
However, it's quite possible that if marginally qualified Academy graduates got sent to facilities where they could not control traffic successfully, the washout rate would have increased,
To be sure, it would be a very lengthy process to safely transform to a privatized model, with no guarantee of success. The top concern here in this case should be safety. Prioritizing targeted initiatives toward hiring qualified controllers and updated technology in the existing facilities would be a better investment,
We don't know enough about what led to yesterday's collision, but the controller shortage may have played a role. Also, there may be a need to restrict the operation of military helicopters in airspace close to commercial airport landing and takeoff paths,
All candidates who are accepted to the academy go through the same rigorous training process and are expected to perform to the same high standards if they want to continue on to their assigned facility. Then, they face even more training once they get to their actual facility,
Because I have common sense, OK?"
Trump replied when asked how he had reached the conclusion that programs to counter racism and sexism had played a role This shocking event follows problematic and likely illegal decisions during the Obama and Biden Administrations that minimized merit and competence in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)."
In a White House memo issued on Thursday, Trump again blamed the previous Democratic administrations for the crash, writing Under the Biden administration, the FAA and other government agencies had absolutely insane hiring practices that endangered the public. President @realDonaldTrump and his team are working rapidly to restore competent personnel to all positions involving your safety."
On Thursday, Musk wrote on X FAA investigators are supporting the NTSB-led investigation of Wednesday night's midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport. The NTSB is leading the investigation and will provide all updates. We cannot comment on any aspect of open investigations. The FAA will quickly take any actions necessary based on evidence from the investigation."
The FAA said in a statement
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