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This is a great post that lays it out. I suggest putting tribal politics aside and reading it, you can see in black and white that the FAA, under Obama, consci
by anonymars 2y ago
This is a great post that lays it out. I suggest putting tribal politics aside and reading it, you can see in black and white that the FAA, under Obama, consciously weighed diversity over performance, and royally screwed the ATC hiring pipeline. "Pobody's nerfect"
https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-faas-hiring https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-full-story-of-the-fa...
- Aloisius 2y agoEh. The lawsuit is still ongoing (for 9 years now!). The article summarizes the plaintiffs' argument and conjecture as if it was a finding of fact which is a bit disingenuous.
- anonymars 2y agoI think the FAA slide which discusses "how much adverse performance are we willing to sacrifice for diversity" is pretty damning
- Aloisius 2y agoWhat could be potentially damning is the answer, not the question. Getting clarity and avoiding potentially incorrect assumptions by asking questions is something professionals should do. I would very much like to see the rest of the deck for context.
- anonymars 2y agoI was able to find that deck (make of it what you will): https://savecti.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Controller-Hiring-Proposal-v2.2.pdf https://savecti.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Controller-Hi.... The phrase "adverse impact" means "results in racially disparate outcomes" I spent a bit more time going down the rabbit hole of the article footnotes, but I need to take a step back, as my time management on this has been poor