Here’s What the FAA Has Been Focused on Instead of Keeping Planes in The Air

The Federal Aviation Administration has changed the focus of its operations to include keeping planes in the air. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is leading the agency’s shift towards diversity, equity and inclusion.

The FAA’s mission-critical pilot safety alerting system Crumbling Overnight, the agency was forced to ground all outgoing air traffic across America and delay over 6,500 flights. The FAA has had much to say about the system under Buttigieg’s watch, but not for matters relating to its functionality or upkeep. The agency focuses on the positive. Announcement in December 2021 that it had changed the system’s name from “Notice to Airmen” To “Notice to Air Mission,” A “more applicable term” According to the agency, is “inclusive of all aviators and missions.”

“The language we use in aerospace matters,” FAA Tweet From its official account. “We’ve begun to adopt gender-neutral and inclusive aviation terminology as part of our agency-wide initiative.”

It’s not clear why the system failed overnight, but the White House said there was no evidence of a cyberattack. Buttigieg said Wednesday he didn’t know how the system crashed and ordered a root cause analysis to determine the cause of the failure. “Glitches or complications happen all the time,” MSNBC: Buttigieg spoke.

The air safety system’s name change came months after an FAA advisory committee issued a Report The advisory committee recommended to the agency that a large number of words and phrases be replaced with gender-neutral terms in June 2021. The advisory committee suggested that the agency replace a wide range of words and phrases with gender-neutral terms to combat bias and reflect a more inclusive society. “more modern recognition that gender can be binary.”

Recommendations Included replacing “airman” With “aircrew,” “manned aviation” With “traditional aviation,” And “cockpit” With “flight deck.”

The FAA listened to the suggestions. The FAA complied with the recommendations. Hosted A two-and-a half-hour virtual inclusive language summit will be held in November 2021 to discuss the company’s initiative to adopt. “gender-neutral and inclusive language” nationwide.

Aerospace is accessible to everyone. The language we use has a significant impact on our ability to communicate this. We have launched a statewide initiative at all agencies to adopt inclusive and gender-neutral aviation terminology. The Inclusive Language Summit is available at a>=”https://t.co/6YNdyJYE4b”>https://t.co/6YNdyJYE4b. #BestOf2021 pic.twitter.com/oHbad8rbOd

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) December 29, 2021

The Transportation Department’s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion is also reflected in its $26.8 billion Budget Request For the fiscal year 2023.

According to the department, it will allocate funds for climate change and inequities. “environmental justice.” The FAA should be improved by $15.2 billion, according to the department.