The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging its hiring practices prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives over merit, leading to the rejection of more than 1,000 qualified air traffic controller candidates.
According to a report from the New York Post, the lawsuit claims that the FAA implemented a biographical assessment tool designed to favor candidates with no aviation experience to meet DEI goals.
Critics argue that this approach has exacerbated the nation’s air traffic controller shortage, estimated at around 3,800 positions below necessary levels.
“The FAA basically decided the students were too white and the schools too elite, so in 2013 knocked them off the preferred hiring list they had trained and worked hard to get onto — all because of their race,” claimed attorney Michael Pearson, who is leading the lawsuit, per the Post.
According to the attorney, 95 percent of the previously qualified candidates he represents then failed the biographical assessment questionnaire — essentially a personality test — and were “screened out.” […]
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