AI isn't correct. They lowered the admission standards to the air traffic controllers school in order to admit more minority students. And guess what happened? They had more washouts.AI Overview
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No, DEI initiatives do not lower hiring standards, but rather aim to remove barriers and biases in the hiring process to ensure a wider talent pool is considered.
To answer your question, it would be wrong.
Biden admin scrapped ‘best-qualified’ standard for air traffic controller academy, docs show
Biden admin scrapped ‘best-qualified’ standard for air traffic controller academy, docs show
In 2023, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials scrapped the previous “best qualified” tier for candidates who scored 85% or above on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) e…
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Biden admin scrapped ‘best-qualified’ standard for air traffic controller academy, docs show
In 2023, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials scrapped the previous “best qualified” tier for candidates who scored 85% or above on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) e…

The Biden administration quietly eliminated the top testing threshold for the highest-performing applicants seeking to become air traffic controllers, an internal slide seen by The Post confirms.
In 2023, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials scrapped the previous “best qualified” tier for candidates who scored 85% or above on the Air Traffic Skills Assessment (ATSA) exam in favor of a “well qualified” threshold for applicants who scored at least 80%......“What happened was, they had a substantial washout rate, 30%-plus,” Duffy went on, “because they couldn’t do the work.”
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