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In June 2018, then-Fox News host Carlson covered the topic, saying, "The Obama administration pressured the FAA to meet abstract diversity goals. Now nobody bothered to explain why diversity is a relevant criterion for air traffic controllers. No one will explain it now."

Carlson explained that the FAA added a biographical questionnaire to the air traffic controller application process, which he said gave more points to would-be controllers who lacked a scientific background or who had been unemployed for the previous three years than they did to licensed pilots.

"In other words, the FAA actively searched for unqualified air traffic controllers. That is insane, and they knew it was insane when they did it, but they did it anyway," he said.

In an email Carlson said he obtained, the executive who created the biographical questionnaire "admits that the test he devised has nothing to do with finding the best air traffic controllers. If you want good air traffic controllers, find people with experience. That was his advice. The FAA ignored this, and used the biographical screen anyway. ... Compared to diversity, your safety meant nothing to them."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch ... a2be&ei=13

jellowrestling wrote:

In June 2018, then-Fox News host Carlson covered the topic, saying, "The Obama administration pressured the FAA to meet abstract diversity goals. Now nobody bothered to explain why diversity is a relevant criterion for air traffic controllers. No one will explain it now."

Carlson explained that the FAA added a biographical questionnaire to the air traffic controller application process, which he said gave more points to would-be controllers who lacked a scientific background or who had been unemployed for the previous three years than they did to licensed pilots.

"In other words, the FAA actively searched for unqualified air traffic controllers. That is insane, and they knew it was insane when they did it, but they did it anyway," he said.

In an email Carlson said he obtained, the executive who created the biographical questionnaire "admits that the test he devised has nothing to do with finding the best air traffic controllers. If you want good air traffic controllers, find people with experience. That was his advice. The FAA ignored this, and used the biographical screen anyway. ... Compared to diversity, your safety meant nothing to them."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/watch ... a2be&ei=13

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