>>Asked by a reporter how he could blame diversity programmes for the crash when the investigation had only just begun, the president responded: "Because I have common sense."<<

No, Trump, you are a narcissistic fool suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect. - ges

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No, what the reporter and you are missing is this,

Trump is NOT asserting that an unqualified DEI hire was piloting either aircraft.

Trump is not asserting that an unqualified DEI hire was in the tower directing the aircraft.

What Trump was saying that there is the severe ATC staffing shortage throughout the country including the Reagan National Airport tower that night.

He did not state his reason to the reporter, but common sense leads him to conclude that the ATC shortage is due in part to DEI influenced hiring practices at the FAA going back to the Obama years.

simpleflying.com - Faa air traffic controller applicants lawsuit

The FAA Is Being Sued For Throwing Out Air Traffic Controller Applications Based On Applicants' Race

A class-action lawsuit by the Mountain States Legal Foundation has found a substantial amount of documents showing discriminatory hiring practices by the Obama-era Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiative, which rejected qualified air traffic controllers based solely on race.
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The lawsuit alleges that the FAA turned away more than 1,000 qualified air traffic controller applicants. These applicants passed the normal tests before the Obama-era FAA threw out the test results and the applicants with it.

The applicants were part of the Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI), which started in 1997. The FAA worked with colleges and universities to offer air traffic control degrees, and as a result, these graduates became the main source for hiring controllers. The program's candidates were highly qualified. They have already graduated from a 200-hour training program and achieved high scores on the AT-SAT.

Before the Obama-era FAA, a high rate of graduating students were hired as controllers. However, changes in the hiring process saw these CTI graduates being passed over for jobs over high school graduates.

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