We have been covering the aviation disaster of the Black Hawk helicopter crashing into a passenger aircraft. The issue has become one highlighting issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) appointments made by the FDA and the military. Trump was quick to blame DEI for the disaster and was screamed at by the outraged Left as usual. Yet facts are now being disclosed.
This one is important enough for one article: that the Black Hawk helicopter was alerted to the presence of the plane twice, and the second warning came two minutes before impact. Even given two minutes, trained pilots should have been able to make diversionary moves. Indeed, this can be done in seconds and has been done, certainly on the battlefield with helicopters.
So, why was the female pilot not able to avoid the plane? Did she freeze up under stress? Well, if so she should not have been flying the helicopter in the first place. Also below is the story of Andrew Brigida, who scored 100 per cent in his training exam but alleged that he was denied a position in an air traffic control tower because of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recruitment processes favouring DEI, over whites, and favouring women over men. He is part of a class action lawsuit against the FDA, showing that Trump was right about this.
"The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane's presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash, according to a Washington Post report.
Aviation experts reviewed Wednesday night's radio transmissions, obtained by The Washington Post, and said that a soldier on the Black Hawk requested "visual separation" so that the helicopter crew could maintain a safe distance from the plane, which it could see. Both times, the request was approved by air traffic control.
At 8:48 p.m., about 12 seconds after the second air traffic control tower alert, the helicopter and passenger plane collided.
According to the aviation experts who reviewed the recordings, these warnings show that the helicopter crew had plenty of time to react and avoid the plane, but may not have because they saw something else in their line of vision — but not the American Airlines flight they eventually crashed into.
"If he was looking at the right airplane, he wouldn't have hit him," retired National Transportation Safety Board investigator Scott Dunham told The Washington Post. "They were miles apart. … The resolution literally takes seconds."
Flight path data shows another plane behind the American Airlines flight and about 11 miles from the helicopter.
According to Dunham, the second airliner may have been difficult to distinguish from the American Airlines plane arriving from Wichita, especially at night.
The mid-air collision claimed the lives of 64 people on the plane and 3 soldiers on the Black Hawk."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/diversity-hiring-cost-job-faa-081042821.html
"An aspiring air traffic controller who claimed he was denied a job because of diversity targets said the aviation agency's obsession with inclusion made an accident likely to happen.
Andrew Brigida, 35, scored 100 per cent in his training exam but alleged that he was denied a position in an air traffic control tower because the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recruitment process favoured diverse candidates. He is part of a class action lawsuit filed against the federal agency.
Speaking after the Washington air disaster, in which 67 people were killed, Mr Brigida claimed that years of diversity hiring meant it was only a matter of time before an accident happened.
"You want to hire the best and the brightest for this kind of job because it is a very stressful job and it can take a toll on you, age you prematurely," he told The Telegraph. "You want to make sure that the people that are doing it are the best."
On Friday, it emerged that one of the air traffic controllers had left their post early on Wednesday evening when a passenger plane and a military helicopter collided above Washington.
At the time of the collision, there was one controller managing traffic for both helicopters and planes – a job normally handled by two people – according to The New York Times. The FAA described staffing levels as "not normal for the time of day and the volume of traffic".
Investigators have recovered the black boxes from both the passenger jet and the helicopter, and are combing through the flight data and audio recordings. A report is expected to be released in 30 days.
Mr Brigida graduated from Arizona State University's collegiate training initiative in 2013 – a partnership programme with the FAA that was previously used to train and select the most qualified applicants.
After scoring top marks in his air traffic control selection and training examination, he was placed on a preferred candidate list until the FAA changed the rules.
Under the Obama administration, the regulator replaced a skills-based test with a biographical questionnaire to attract more diverse applicants.
When Mr Brigida tried again to become an air traffic controller under the new tests, he said he failed the biographical questionnaire because he "didn't fit the preferred ethnic profile".
Donald Trump blamed the fatal crash on the FAA's recruitment policies, saying candidates with "severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities" had been hired as air traffic controllers.
Under the Obama administration, the regulator replaced a skills-based test with a biographical questionnaire to attract more diverse applicants.
When Mr Brigida tried again to become an air traffic controller under the new tests, he said he failed the biographical questionnaire because he "didn't fit the preferred ethnic profile".
Donald Trump blamed the fatal crash on the FAA's recruitment policies, saying candidates with "severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities" had been hired as air traffic controllers.