{"id":2171681,"date":"2024-02-08T19:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-obtained-internal-footage-revealing-the-faas-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-white-males-in-aviation\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T19:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:10:46","slug":"ive-obtained-internal-footage-revealing-the-faas-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-white-males-in-aviation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ive-obtained-internal-footage-revealing-the-faas-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-white-males-in-aviation\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked footage reveals FAA&#8217;s plan to diversify aviation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Five-obtained-internal-footage-revealing-the-faas-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-white-males-in-aviation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2171681&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>If you\u2019ve followed my show regularly over the past few months, you know that I\u2019ve done a couple of \u2063monologues on the\u2062 aviation industry.<\/h2>\n<p>The frequency of\u200d near-disasters in\u2064 the sky has increased dramatically in recent years, and as I\u2019ve noted, the increase began around the time that\u200b the Obama administration began a concerted effort to \u201cdiversify\u201d the FAA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-passes-temporary-faa-extension-ahead-of-busy-holiday-travel-season\/\" title=\"Senate approves short-term FAA extension before busy holiday travel season\">including air traffic control<\/a>. According to a NASA database, which tracks self-reported data from \u2064pilots, we now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-government-diversity-initiatives-are-leading-us-to-a-major-airline-disaster\"><strong>average<\/strong><\/a>  roughly five near-misses per\u2064 week \u2014 more than double the number from a decade ago. And that\u2019s not even getting into the obvious maintenance issues that have been popping \u2063up \u200b\u2014 including \u2064doors and wheels that have been flying off planes lately.<\/p>\n<p>Given how terrible\u2064 all of this \u2064looks from the\u2062 outside, I wanted to get a better idea of what\u2019s happening\u2062 internally at the FAA and major airlines in \u200dthis\u2064 country.\u2062 We hear a \u2063lot about\u2064 DEI in the abstract sense, but \u2064we rarely get a glimpse of\u200b what it looks like \u2064in practice. We don\u2019t often hear firsthand testimonials from people\u2063 affected by DEI because they\u2019re\u200c worried about protecting their careers. They know if they speak out, they\u2019ll face\u200b termination, and they\u2019ll probably be blackballed\u200d from the industry forever. But with social media, \u2063some level of anonymity is possible. So to take \u200ca closer\u200b look at how \u200cfar this DEI rot has spread, I <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1744869138151924174?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>tweeted<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cIf you\u2019re an airline pilot and\u200d have firsthand \u2064knowledge \u200dabout the DEI agenda being forced into your\u2064 profession, send me a DM and\u2064 tell me\u2063 about your experiences. Curious yet terrified to see how bad it\u2063 is at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To\u2062 say my\u200b inbox was completely \u200dflooded would be \u200dan understatement. I received too many DM\u2019s to count from pilots and \u200bother professionals in the aviation industry. Virtually every single message told me the same\u2064 thing: that the ideology of \u201cdiversity, equity, and inclusion\u201d is the top priority in their workplaces. It goes without\u2063 saying, but this\u200b is an industry where one mistake can kill \u200chundreds or even thousands of people. This is\u2062 not \u2064comparable to DEI \u2063departments in universities or corporate America, as destructive \u2064and \u2064as wasteful\u2062 as those departments are. DEI in\u200d the aviation \u2063industry could lead to a catastrophic disaster. That\u2019s why \u200d\u2014 even though it was a risk \u2014 several of these sources provided me identifying information to validate their identities, along with permission to post some of the internal documents and footage they\u2019ve obtained. These people knew they might lose their jobs, but they decided\u2064 that getting the word out \u200dwas more important.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/episode\/ep-1311-i-ve-obtained-internal-footage-revealing-the-faa-s-plans-to-reduce-the-number-of-white-males-in-aviation-member-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH: The\u2062 Matt Walsh Show<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Yesterday, I posted \u2064some\u2063 of these materials on my Twitter feed. They\u2063 reveal that, at the very highest levels of the \u200cFAA, there\u2019s an effort underway to reduce the number of white men who work in\u2064 the aviation industry. In April of 2022, the FAA\u2019s acting deputy \u200cchief operating officer \u2014 a woman named Angela McCullough \u2014 led a meeting with the FAA\u2019s Flight \u2062Operations division. This division\u2064 is responsible for all aspects of \u200caviation operations, including overseeing airline maintenance. <\/p>\n<p>But McCullough did not spend\u200c the call\u200c talking about ways to make sure\u200b that airplane doors don\u2019t fly off mid-flight. She didn\u2019t \u2062say \u200da word about the importance of keeping the wheels\u200b attached to jetliners as they\u2019re \u200ctaking off. Instead, McCullough talked extensively about DEI. As you\u2019ll \u200dsee, she was prompted \u2064to do so\u200d by a man named Wil Riggins, who\u2019s the \u2062FAA\u2019s\u200c Vice President \u2064of Flight\u200c Program Operations. <\/p>\n<p>If that name sounds familiar at all, it\u2019s\u2062 probably because Riggins is the same guy who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/15\/faa-dot-coordinated-to-hide-cost-of-buttigiegs-flights-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>conspired<\/strong><\/a>  to find ways to hide Pete Buttigieg\u2019s spending on government \u200caircraft. So this is a completely corrupt group of bureaucrats who have assembled here. Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2\/ The footage begins with \u200cFAA acting deputy chief\u200c operating\u200b officer Angela McCullough saying more workers need to go from &#8220;ramp to cockpit,&#8221; meaning she wants \u200dto see more baggage handlers \u2062become airline pilots. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2KAeHNcJA2\">pic.twitter.com\/2KAeHNcJA2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1755319180306346029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re \u2063looking\u200b at \u2063a need across the agency to recruit and \u2062retain a diverse \u200dpopulation\u200c of folks,\u201d says Wil \u2062Riggins. In response, McCullough talks about the arms\u200b race of DEI that\u2019s occurring in\u2062 the industry. She mentions\u200c \u201cpartnerships with universities.\u201d And then she says the\u2064 FAA \u2062wants to look at something called \u201cramp to cockpit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s think about this. When she\u2019s talking about \u201cpartnerships with universities\u201d in the name of diversifying aviation, McCullough is referring to relationships that airlines have established with historically black colleges and universities. For example, United Airlines\u2063 has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcarolina.edu\/news\/elizabeth-city-state-university-united-airlines-launch-partnership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>allied<\/strong><\/a>  with Elizabeth City\u2062 State University. The airline describes this as, \u201ca partnership that seeks to\u200c not only train\u200c future\u2064 pilots, but also bring \u200cmore women and people\u2063 of color into the ranks of commercial aviation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In case it\u2019s not obvious, Elizabeth City State University is not a hotbed of engineering or aviation talent.\u200b In fact it\u2019s not a hotbed of any kind of skill whatsoever. The \u200daverage SAT score at the school is 960 out of 1600, which is one \u2063of the lowest scores that you\u2019ll find anywhere in the country. The only reason for partnerships like this is because of the racial makeup of Elizabeth City State University, which is overwhelmingly\u2064 black. \u200cThis\u2064 is the kind \u2062of partnership that, based on this video, senior FAA \u2063officials want to see more of. <\/p>\n<p>They aren\u2019t interested in seeing \u2063the best\u200b pilots in the cockpit. They\u2019re interested in seeing more black pilots in the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>That also could explain why McCullough\u200c is promoting something called \u201cramp to cockpit\u201d in that footage. When she says \u201cramp,\u201d she\u2019s referring to ramp agents, who are responsible \u200dfor loading and unloading baggage on airplanes. Evidently, \u2064the FAA believes that these employees deserve some sort of specialized program to encourage them to become pilots. But nowhere in this footage does McCullough explain why \u2064this makes any \u200bsense\u200c whatsoever. It doesn\u2019t follow\u2063 in any way. The job\u2062 of \u200da baggage handler is completely different from the\u2064 job of an \u200dairline pilot. There are precisely zero transferable skills or even interests. Just because you have a job working around a plane doesn\u2019t \u2064mean you should be flying them. This is like having a \u201cjanitor to surgeon\u201d \u2062pipeline at a hospital, or setting up a program so \u2062that the window washer cleaning \u200bthe outside of the skyscraper can one \u200cday become an architect \u2062designing skyscrapers. These two lines of\u2063 work have almost nothing to do with each other.\u2062 So what\u2019s the point of\u2064 this?<\/p>\n<p>A few seconds later, McCullough provides something\u2063 of an answer. She \u200btells \u200dthe \u200bFAA\u2019s senior leadership in Flight Operations that their whole division is \u201cwhite-male dominated.\u201d Then she says that should change. And Wil Riggins, rather \u200bthan reacting with surprise to this suggestion, agrees with her.\u2063 Watch:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting questions being posed by the\u2064 FAA in 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnit9ipsRx\">pic.twitter.com\/tnit9ipsRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2063TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tracewoodgrains\/status\/1752378790846796038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There\u2019s no pushback from anyone in \u200cthat clip, as they listen\u200b to this. No one says, \u201cwait a minute \u2014 \u2064why should baggage handlers\u200b become pilots? And what\u2019s \u2062wrong with having a lot of white \u200dmen in Flight Operations, exactly?\u201d \u2064Instead,\u2062 this woman gets complimented for \u2062her insights.<\/p>\n<p>But of\u2064 course, not everyone on the call was in agreement. They didn\u2019t want \u200dto\u200d speak up because they\u2019d be fired. But they knew this was going to happen. \u2064So one \u200cindividual \u2063recorded the meeting. This source had seen several white men get passed over for jobs because of their skin color, and he or she heard these kinds of remarks all the time\u200b at the FAA. That\u2019s why \u2063the source saved it,\u2062 and it\u2019s \u2063why we have \u200bit now.<\/p>\n<p>As of this morning, neither the FAA nor the secretary of transportation, Mayor Pete, has responded to this footage. That\u2019s because it reflects exactly what they believe. This is what\u2062 they talk about behind closed doors. They want fewer white people flying planes and\u2064 working in Flight Operations, including maintenance. They \u2064want more baggage \u200chandlers to become pilots. And they are \u200dnot remotely concerned about professional standards or competence. That topic just doesn\u2019t come up in their discussions.<\/p>\n<p>This what DEI is all about, and it\u2019s not limited to Pete Buttigieg\u2019s agency. In response to my post, I received\u2062 several\u2062 other tips from sources outside of \u200bthe FAA who \u2062say they\u2019re seeing similar policies all across the aviation industry. Airlines are promoting DEI as well, even when it clearly endangers passengers. One source \u2014 a pilot at Delta Airlines \u200b\u2014 told me this: \u200b\u201cWe recently had a transgender \u200cpilot repeatedly\u200c receive negative reviews during his first-year \u2063probationary\u200b period from Captains he flew with\u200b regarding \u2063attitude, CRM, \u200dand judgment, \u2063yet the \u2062Chief Pilot\u2019s Office (CPO) was unwilling to address the issue. Had this not been a transgender pilot, the individual\u2063 would likely\u200b not have successfully\u200b completed their probationary period. Coincidentally, that \u2064CPO has a management pilot on staff who recently transitioned who is \u2063able to weigh\u2063 in on these matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is what the airlines and the FAA will never admit publicly. They\u2019ll never admit that they\u2019re lowering \u2063standards, and endangering the public, in order to get more \u201cdiverse\u201d pilots flying planes. But that\u2019s\u2064 exactly what\u2019s \u2062happening. The source also sent along \u2064this internal Delta Airlines\u2062 manual that\u2019s designed to help Delta \u2062pilots \u201ctransition\u201d into another gender. Here\u2019s what that looks like:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7\/ The source also notes \u2064that Delta routinely makes exceptions for trans-identifying pilots concerning grooming and behavioral standards. Internally, Delta has even \u2063published \u200ca lengthy guide for \u200cpilots who believe they were \u200cborn in the wrong body. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8aQszhqVJw\">pic.twitter.com\/8aQszhqVJw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1755319191123439760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It reads, \u201cHelpful\u200c Steps for Transitioning\u2064 at Delta.\u201d And of \u2062course there\u2019s the pilot with the trans pride flag draped over his body.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 goes without saying that this is incredibly irresponsible for\u200d several reasons. Put aside the fact \u2063that \u2064Delta is discriminating against qualified pilots on the basis of their \u200dskin color and gender, and promoting\u200b incompetent pilots\u2062 instead. This document shows that\u2062 Delta is\u2064 also going out\u200c of their way to recruit trans-identifying pilots \u2014 people with extremely high rates of mental illness, and a propensity for suicide. Remember, \u2062these are people who, \u200caccording to the trans activists themselves, are at risk to\u200b kill themselves if they\u2019re misgendered or if they don\u2019t receive all of the \u201caffirmation\u201d they feel they need. And the FAA and\u2064 Delta\u200c want to more of them flying commercial aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, in private, they\u2019re open about the fact that they\u2019re willing to\u200d endanger the public in order to hit diversity goals. Recently on Twitter, someone named Trace Woodgrains \u2064has been looking closely \u200dat FAA documents that were unearthed in a long-running\u2062 class action lawsuit filed against the agency back during the Obama \u2062years. And he found further proof that \u2064the agency does \u200cnot care if \u201cdiversity\u201d costs\u200c people their lives. They\u2019ve put it\u2063 in writing. In 2013, for example, FAA leaders reviewed this slide:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Interesting questions being\u200c posed by the FAA in 2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tnit9ipsRx\">pic.twitter.com\/tnit9ipsRx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TracingWoodgrains (@tracewoodgrains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tracewoodgrains\/status\/1752378790846796038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January \u206230, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It reads: \u201cKey questions for leadership: What\u200c are the relative values of diversity \u200band the prediction of performance\/outcomes? There\u2064 is a trade-off between diversity (adverse impact) and predicted job performance\/outcomes. How much of a change in job performance is acceptable to achieve diversity goals?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So there it is,\u2062 as clear as\u200d it could possibly be. The\u200d answer to that question should be: No trade-off in \u2064job performance is acceptable\u2064 to achieve any diversity goals. The mission of the FAA is to make sure people don\u2019t die on\u2064 airplanes. But increasingly it\u2019s clear that\u2019s not important to the FAA. I didn\u2019t mention this on Twitter, but one of\u200b the sources who DM\u2019d me sent \u2063this information over: \u201cI was unaware of\u2062 this until recently, but the FAA has authorized \u2063special issuance \u2063medical certificates to \u200bindividuals on SSRIs \u2026 The FAA\u200c and the \u2063 [airline pilots association] are looking to broaden\/expand the SSRI and mental health \u200bon-ramps back to being\u200b able to exercise a first class medical certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, the agency \u200cis doing everything it \u2064can to ensure that pilots taking antidepressants can fly. At the same time, the source says: \u201cThe FAA \u200bjust sent a letter requesting \u2064Congress \u2062NOT to raise\u200c the mandatory retirement age from the current\u200b age of 65, and\u200b the\u200d FAA primarily states\u200d safety as a\u200d justification. Obviously, there\u2019s zero\u2062 safety data that shows a switch is flipped when you\u200d turn \u200c65 and you are somehow instantly less competent; we all know competent \u206470 year olds and incompetent 50 year olds running around.\u2063 \u2026The point is \u200cthat the\u200d FAA and [the pilot\u2019s association] are much more willing\u2064 to go along \u200cwith the idea that SSRIs and transitioning pilots being at the\u2062 controls is somehow more safe than someone who just woke up on\u2062 their 65th birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK \u2064HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>These are the kind of incoherent\u2062 medical standards\u2062 we\u2019ve come to expect in \u200cthe FAA. A\u200c year ago, for example, the \u2064FAA abruptly lowered its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/latam-airlines-pilot-dies-mid-flight-from-medical-emergency\/\" title=\"LATAM Airlines pilot dies during flight due to medical emergency.\">medical certification guidelines<\/a> for pilots with\u200c heart block. This is a serious \u200bcondition; \u200dit makes it harder\u200b for the \u200cheart to pump blood effectively. Before the change, pilots with first-degree block had to \u2062provide medical documentation proving they \u2062had,\u2064 \u201cno evidence \u2062of\u2064 structural function or coronary heart\u2062 disease.\u201d Now, many pilots with first-degree heart block can fly without this documentation. There was a lot of speculation this was due to complications of the COVID shot, or\u2064 that this might implicate the safety of passengers. The FAA denied that, but of course we have no\u200b reason to believe anything they say anymore.\u200c This is what we can expect from the federal government at this point. Even on\u200d matters of life-or-death, they have absolutely no credibility.<\/p>\n<p>There are some more\u2063 documents I \u2062posted on Twitter along these lines, including\u200d some insider information on how the FAA\u2064 awards \u2062contracts to\u200d various small businesses. These small businesses \u200chandle important \u200dengineering and logistics tasks for the agency. But it turns out that these contracts, like everything else these days, often prioritize \u201csocially disadvantaged\u201d\u2062 businesses,\u2064 which according to federal regulations,\u2062 typically\u2063 means businesses that aren\u2019t owned by white people. \u200cIn \u2062the FAA\u2019s \u201ceFast\u201d contract system, these \u201cdisadvantaged\u201d businesses get first dibs at contracts valued\u2064 under\u200b $150,000.<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that the FAA has\u200d adopted\u200c a gender and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-totally-obliterates-trans-ideology-by-accident\/\" title=\"NBC News inadvertently dismantles trans ideology.\">race-based spoils system<\/a> for\u200c pretty \u200dmuch everything. At every step \u2064\u2014 \u2063whether you\u2019re a \u200cbaggage handler, a pilot, or a contractor\u2062 \u2014 you will get priority treatment if \u200dyou look a certain way. The only way to \u2064bring an end to this is for more whistleblowers to do what they did yesterday, and\u2064 speak\u2064 out about it. Record \u2063the meetings where they tell you they don\u2019t want white people working for them. Save the documents\u200b showing they\u2019re \u2064promoting incompetent pilots \u2064because they\u2019re \u201ctrans.\u201d If we\u2062 expose enough of this, then it might finally collapse under the weight \u200dof its absurdity. If we don\u2019t \u2014 if we allow it\u2064 to fester, as everyone on that FAA \u200cvideoconference\u2063 did \u2014 then \u200dbefore \u2064long, \u200bpeople \u2062will die as a result.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How have diversity\u2063 initiatives within the aviation industry potentially compromised aviation safety? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: The \u2063Disturbing Truth\u2063 About Diversity \u2064Initiatives in the Aviation Industry<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few months, \u200dI\u2063 have \u200ddedicated segments of \u2064my show\u2064 to discussing the state of the aviation industry. The frequency of\u200b near-disasters, coupled with maintenance \u200cissues,\u200c has raised\u200c concerns about\u2063 the industry&#8217;s safety. One possible cause\u2062 of this alarming \u200ctrend is\u2064 the \u2063push for diversity, \u200cequity, and inclusion \u2064(DEI) within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and major airlines. Through firsthand testimonials and leaked\u2062 internal documents, \u2062it\u2063 has become evident that DEI initiatives are compromising aviation \u200bsafety.<\/p>\n<p>An Influx of Testimonies<\/p>\n<p>To\u2063 shed light on the extent\u200c of the DEI\u200b rot within the aviation\u200d industry, \u2062I took to social media, asking pilots\u2062 to share their experiences. The response was overwhelming; pilots and professionals inundated my inbox,\u2064 sharing a consistent narrative: DEI is the top priority within their\u200d workplaces. \u2063Considering the \u200dhigh \u200bstakes involved in \u200daviation,\u200d the push for diversity disregards professional standards and competence, posing \u2062a significant threat to passenger safety.<\/p>\n<p>FAA&#8217;s\u2063 Focus on DEI<\/p>\n<p>Recently leaked footage\u2062 reveals a meeting where the FAA&#8217;s acting deputy chief operating \u200cofficer, Angela McCullough, spoke extensively about DEI initiatives rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/george-floyd-family-pushes-congressional-police-reform-at-white-house\/\" title=\"George Floyd Family Pushes Congressional Police Reform At White House\">addressing critical issues<\/a> such \u2062as airline \u2064maintenance and safety. This highlights the alarming \u2063extent to which\u200c DEI has \u200cbecome \u2062the agency&#8217;s \u200cfocus.<\/p>\n<p>The Push\u2062 for\u2064 &#8220;Ramp to Cockpit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, McCullough mentioned a\u200b concept called &#8220;ramp to cockpit,&#8221; which seeks \u200bto encourage baggage handlers to \u200dbecome pilots. However, the\u200b inherent differences between these two roles and the absence \u2062of transferable \u2063skills make this initiative questionable at best. This push for diversity \u200drather than competence \u2062raises concerns about \u200bthe prioritization of passengers&#8217; safety.<\/p>\n<p>Goals of Airlines and the FAA<\/p>\n<p>The leaked\u200b footage also demonstrates\u2064 a\u200b shared goal \u2063among FAA officials and major\u200c airlines to diversify\u2062 the industry, specifically\u200c by \u200dincreasing the number of non-white, non-male individuals. This objective creates a clear preference for diversity \u200bover professional \u2063standards, potentially compromising the \u2064competency\u2063 of pilots and \u2062jeopardizing air travel safety.<\/p>\n<p>Delta Airlines and Transgender Pilot Inclusion<\/p>\n<p>Delta Airlines is one of many carriers actively promoting\u200d DEI initiatives, even if \u200bit endangers passenger \u200bsafety. Testimonies from \u2062Delta pilots reveal instances of trans-identifying pilots with performance issues\u2062 receiving preferential treatment. This not only compromises professional standards but also raises concerns about the mental health risks associated with pilots on SSRIs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-menendez-helped-businessman-seek-qatari-investment-prosecutors-say\/\" title=\"Prosecutors claim Bob Menendez aided businessman in seeking Qatari investment\">selective serotonin reuptake \u200dinhibitors<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>FAA&#8217;s \u2062Disregard for \u2063Safety<\/p>\n<p>FAA documents reviewed by independent sources further highlight the\u200b agency&#8217;s disregard for safety in pursuit of diversity objectives. These documents explicitly acknowledge a trade-off \u2063between diversity and predicted job performance, raising \u200calarming \u2063questions\u2063 about the organization&#8217;s priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>It is\u2064 evident that the aviation industry&#8217;s emphasis on DEI has compromised safety and\u2064 professional standards. The priority given to diversity goals over competence is reflected in both the \u200dFAA and major \u200dairlines.\u200c The \u2064push \u200bto diversify the industry, especially by promoting transgender pilots\u200b without regard for their performance or mental health risks, poses a significant threat to air travel\u200b safety.<\/p>\n<p>As concerned individuals, \u2063it is crucial to question the priorities and decision-making \u200dprocesses within the aviation\u2062 industry. True progress should not come\u200b at the expense of jeopardizing the lives \u200cof passengers, and it is imperative\u2062 for \u200dthe\u2063 FAA and airlines to prioritize \u200bsafety and\u2062 competence\u200b above all\u2064 else.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:\u200c The views expressed in this article are solely those \u2064of the\u2064 author\u2062 and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and beliefs of the Daily Wire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been a regular viewer of my show, you&#8217;re aware of my monologues on the aviation industry. 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