GOP AGs warn Biden admin of 'catastrophic' consequences of FAA pushing DEI over merit based hiring

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-ags-warn-biden-admin-catastrophic-consequences-faa-pushing-dei-merit-based-hiring

The letter sent to the FAA argues that a shift away from merit based hiring will put airline travelers at risk

A group of almost a dozen attorneys general across the United States have sent a letter to the Biden administration warning that DEI hiring practices within the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are putting airline passengers in danger.

"We are troubled by some recent reports regarding your agency’s hiring practices and priorities," Kansas Republican AG Kris Kobach and 10 other attorneys general wrote to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker. "It seems that the FAA has placed ‘diversity’ bean counting over safety and expertise, and we worry that such misordered priorities could be catastrophic for American travelers."

According to the letter, the FAA under the Biden administration "appears to prioritize virtue-signaling ‘diversity’ efforts over aviation expertise" and "this calls into question the agency’s commitment to safety."

Kobach and the other attorneys general allege that the FAA is no longer focusing on merit when hiring employees and has instead put its focus on diversity and pointed to statements made by the FAA related to a "five year strategic plan" to "diversify its workforce by rethinking its hiring practices and capitalize on opportunities to hire people who will bring new and diverse skills to the agency and reflect the demographics of the U.S. labor force."

"These efforts follow on work that reportedly started under the Obama Administration when the agency shockingly sought out applicants with ‘severe intellectual’ and ‘psychiatric’ disabilities to staff the agency responsible for air traffic control, aviation safety, major airports, commercial space regulation, and security and hazardous materials safety," the letter states.

Fox News Digital has previously reported on the FAA’s recent push to hire workers with 'severe intellectual' disabilities, which sparked concern and mockery from many. 

The letter also pointed to a recent "Year of Inclusion" symposium where employees were subjected to racial sensitivity training and said the agency has been pushing forward with racial trainings despite previously acknowledging that "[t]here is a trade-off between diversity…and predicted job performance/outcomes."

The letter explains that "failure is not an option" when it comes to protecting the 45,000 fights filled with 2.9 million people that fly across the United States each day.