Thu Feb 23, 2023 – 2:47 pm ESTThu Feb 23, 2023 – 3:18 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — In a searing commentary on Wednesday, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson recounted the story of an Atlas Air/Amazon Prime cargo flight which crashed in 2019 due to errors by a pilot who was grossly unqualified to be at the controls of a Boeing 767, but who had been hired nonetheless in the name of “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI).
DEI hiring practices are in place at virtually every major air carrier in the United States.
“United Airlines has promised that fifty percent (50%) of their new trainees will be women and minorities,” noted Carlson. “Not the best pilots, but people that look a certain way.”
“The airlines are in a mad scramble to meet equity targets, meaning, they are pushing safety aside in favor of ideology,” said Carlson. “And people will die.”
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As seasoned professional pilots, I and many of my colleagues are alarmed by the trends we see in our industry. Safety is being traded for woke DEI concerns, and health standards for pilots are being relaxed to accommodate adverse reactions to the
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