While the left is quick to blame President Donald Trump for the uptick in recent plane-related crashes and incidents, the real blame should be on the policies that led to the hiring of air traffic controllers that might not have made the cut otherwise.
According to the Daily Mail, the best and brightest air traffic controllers were likely swept aside in the name of DEI as it was revealed that under the Obama administration, the questionnaire for ATC applicants was secretly skewed to favor DEI initiatives.
The form was "secretly" meant to favor DEI applicants, in what the outlet described as a "bizarre" application.
Instead of the most skilled and smartest applicants taking the helm in towers across the United States, which is paramount to airline safety, the Obama administration place DEI at the top of the priority list.
The test was scary, to say the least. Potential applicants didn't need much in the way of aviation knowledge, but an emphasis was placed on those who "need a great deal of time to complete assignments' and 'take chances very often."
Making matters worse, emphasis and priority was placed on candidates who played multiple sports in high school and less priority on those who previously held ATC positions in the military.
The Daily Mail noted:
The 2014 entry test proved notoriously hard to pass for elite, mostly white college graduates who excelled in traditional cognitive tests.
But race reformers said it paved the way for more 'off the street' hires – namely women and minorities – to land high stakes jobs responsible for the lives of millions of air passengers.
One aviation expert told the outlet, "Bonkers is the right word for this."
They added, "It's absolute madness to think that you want to hire someone who takes a lot of chances to be an air traffic controller."
The Daily Mail noted:
The test comes to light as the Federal Aviation Administration grapples with a public safety crisis after a spate of deadly crashes and collisions that President Donald Trump has blamed on DEI hiring.
Users across social media reacted to the bombshell revelations.
Under Obama and Biden the FAA was holding conversations that read as, “how many people should we allow to die in plane crashes for the sake of our diversity agenda?” That’s far more alarming than improving efficiency at the department. pic.twitter.com/Z1GuLrqUWA
— Marc 🇺🇸 (@gopher_marc) February 19, 2025
"DEI is just stupid insanity!" one X user wrote.
Another X user wrote, "Read the smoke signals at major airports."
