FLIGHTS SHOULD BE SUPERVISED BY THE BEST EMPLOYEES: President Donald J. Trump signed a presidential memorandum ending a Biden administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) hiring policy that prioritized diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) rather than safety and efficiency.
- This Presidential Memorandum directs the Secretary of Transportation and the FAA Administrator to immediately stop the Biden DEI hiring programs and return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring.
- It also requires the FAA Administrator to review the past performance and performance standards of all FAA employees in safety-critical positions and make clear that any person who fails to demonstrate adequate capabilities is replaced by someone who will keep Americans flying safely and efficiently.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS RELY ON SAFE, TIMELY AIR TRANSPORT EVERY DAY: Safety and competence should be the only criteria for employment of FAA employees, but the Biden administration has violated the public trust – as well as the law – prioritizing illegal recruitment of DEIs.
- Every day, more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million air passengers traveling for work, leisure or to visit friends and family trust the FAA with their lives.
- Almost unbelievably, as part of a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiative, the Biden FAA specifically recruited and hired people with “severe” intellectual disabilities, psychiatric issues, and of total paralysis compared to other people who were looking to work for the FAA.
- President Trump immediately ends this illegal and dangerous program and demands that all FAA hiring be based solely on ensuring airline passenger safety and overall work excellence.
- On January 11, 2023, two weeks after a major holiday airline crisis, an FAA system outage caused by employee missteps grounded all flights for the first time since 9/11, illustration of the importance of the FAA’s competence.
FULFILL THE PROMISE TO END ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND BRING COMMON SENSE: This Presidential Memorandum builds on President Trump’s Day One Executive Order ending the Biden Administration’s illegal and immoral DEI discrimination programs.
- In his inaugural address, President Trump promised: “We will forge a color-blind, merit-based society. »
President Trump said in his January 20, 2025 executive order to end sweeping and unnecessary government DEI programs and preferences: “Americans deserve a government committed to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to spending precious taxpayer resources just to make America great. »
