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I wonder if this administration's firing of many FAA civil positions and the federal worker "buyouts" are responsible.

The intelligent response would be "probably not, but we'll see what the investigation says".

But imagine if the tables were turned politically. Fox News would be going off 24/7 about "DEI" or some such for weeks on end. That strategy seems to be successful, so I would expect the other side to start employing it more as well.

Having a bunch of harried, overworked people stressed about their jobs and the future certainly doesn't help anything, in any case.

Yea I had the same thought, its a ticky-tacky thing to say right now, but I wouldn't expect any more from the other side either.

And there it is. He's out there saying it right now.

Yep, I should have expected it honestly. This is a pretty great opening for an aspiring Democratic leader right now, there are no sacred topics for political clout anymore.

RW media and the POTUS himself is making the dubious claim that DEI practices are responsible for low standards of hiring for air traffic controllers in the FAA during the Biden presidency.

I don't think POTUS was serious because he also claimed people shouldn't be hesitant to fly.

'He is later asked by a reporter if people should be hesitant to fly, and he says: "No, not at all."'

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cy7kxx74yxlt

Basically, their idea is that only white men can do these kinds of jobs. It's just racism.

It results in more questions than answers. Like why was the impact of DEI on ATC competence overlooked by the Commander-in-Chief and DOD when training mission in DC airspace began?

There is no Fox News equivalent for the left, though. In fact, most of the US media seems to be owned by or otherwise aligned with the right.

Just learned about it here: https://fallows.substack.com/p/it-had-been-16-years-since-a-...

Likely more affected are learning about the aftermath via investigation, but I am not sure.

Edit: No wait, that article mentioned the disbanding of Aviation Security Advisory Committee a week ago.

I'll bite. How are you thinking that might've contributed to the crash?

As long as it also affects the investigation to find out its all the same to a psychopath.

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