That took me to the reporter saying he blamed it on DEI. He never blamed this incident on DEI. He actually stated vision was probably the problem. He did say DEI hiring has compromised FAA overall and could have impacted this situation. He clearly said he didn’t know if this specific incident was impacted by the policies.
Gonna agree with you here. I think the DEI discussion is legit but now is not the time. Didn’t like it. Next week in a press conference having the DEI discussion within the context of making sure we have the best and brightest ATC’s…..referencing the crash but not directly blaming DEI…..would have been the right way to go.
Now I do agree there is a more tactful time/place to address the impact DEI policies have had on the FAA and other agencies.
He made conflicting statements on DEI being a cause, often insinuating it was likely. Now that he has fired everyone in an inspection role who doesn’t agree with him, you can bet the upcoming investigation will find a way to blame DEI, whether it was really a factor or not.
IGs and NTSB Accident Investigators are two different things. IGs are not accident investigators. They inspect the organizations they are assigned to. The will not be involved unless the NTSB finds an issue related to the accident that would fall under their jurisdiction.
His analysis was similar to a black hawk pilot i listened too, just draw a different conclusion on who to blame. Black hawk pilot blamed air traffic coordinator. I have no idea, their analysis was similar, their conclusion slightly different.
Interesting information. So just to make sure I understand your position: Trump, his new FAA Director, and the loyal congressional mob will have no impact whatsoever on the investigation findings. Is that right?
Evidently, there is a lawsuit against the FAA for refusing to hire qualified individuals based on the desire to hire minorities. One candidate with a perfect score on the ATC test was told he was being rejected because they were streamlining the app process. That doesn't mean a bad employee caused the crash but it could mean an overworked employee may have missed something that would have been caught if the tower was staffed with 30 competent controllers instead of 19 guys, some of which were handling double duty.
Investigation Boards are independent. They report what they find...to change anything w/o evidence, based solely on politics or outside pressure would potentially be criminal and go against the reason we investigate anything.
It’s called an “incursion” into the glide slope of a runway and without contacting the tower, the helicopter was in the wrong.
I'll also add: Accident reports are based on evidence & indisputable facts of the incident. You're not going to draw conclusions w/o it being based on something and when a conclusion is drawn from an "educated guess", it's abundantly clear.
Thanks for posting this link. As a person that is always skeptical of government and is never surprised by the lunacy of some institutionalized group think, that thread still surprised me. Not only is the policy most likely unconstitutional, the thought that our nation's press has largely ignored this type of lunacy is mind boggling.
