{"id":1591,"date":"2025-02-10T00:57:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1591"},"modified":"2025-02-10T00:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T00:57:50","slug":"air-traffic-controllers-blow-whistle-on-faa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=1591","title":{"rendered":"Air Traffic Controllers Blow Whistle On FAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Current and former air traffic controllers are raising concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s hiring practices and \u201cimmunity program,\u201d warning that these issues may have contributed to the recent midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.<\/p>\n<p>According to former air traffic controllers, the FAA\u2019s emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) hiring practices that began during the Obama administration led to the employment of less qualified controllers and a staffing shortage, a concern that was first echoed by President Donald Trump during a press conference following the deadly disaster, Just the News reporteed<\/p>\n<p>Combined with an \u201cimmunity program\u201d that does not hold controllers accountable for mistakes, these factors are believed to have contributed to the January 29 collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S Army helicopter, which resulted in both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River near the Washington, D.C., area airport, killing all 67 people aboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3661\" src=\"https:\/\/newstoday24.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plain-White-Solid-Color-Background-Wallpaper-Image-For-Free-Download-Pngtree-214x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newstoday24.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plain-White-Solid-Color-Background-Wallpaper-Image-For-Free-Download-Pngtree-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/newstoday24.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plain-White-Solid-Color-Background-Wallpaper-Image-For-Free-Download-Pngtree-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/newstoday24.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Plain-White-Solid-Color-Background-Wallpaper-Image-For-Free-Download-Pngtree.jpg 736w\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current and former air traffic controllers are raising concerns about the Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s hiring practices and \u201cimmunity program,\u201d warning that these issues may have contributed to the recent midair collision near Ronald Reagan&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1591"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1592,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1591\/revisions\/1592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}