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While we don’t know yet what caused the midair collision between the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and a civilian airliner in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, renewed attention is turning to Biden-era DEI initiatives at the FAA and whether they may have played a role.
“TheFederalAviationAdministrationisactivelyrecruitingworkerswhosuffer‘severeintellectual’disabilities,psychiatricproblemsandothermentalandphysicalconditionsunderadiversityandinclusionhiringinitiativespelledoutontheagency’swebsite,”theNewYorkPostreportedayearago.
“TargeteddisabilitiesarethosedisabilitiesthattheFederalgovernment,asamatterofpolicy,hasidentifiedforspecialemphasisinrecruitmentandhiring,”theFAA’swebsitestated.“Theyincludehearing,vision,missingextremities,partialparalysis,completeparalysis,epilepsy,severeintellectualdisability,psychiatricdisability,anddwarfism.”
TheFAA’swebsitealsonotedthatindividualswith“severe”mentalandphysicaldisabilitiesarethemostunderrepresentedgroupwithinthefederalworkforce.
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