Trump went off on a DEI rant yesterday while commiserating on air with the crash victims’ families over the horrendous and tragic loss of lives in the Reagan Airport mid-air crash. He was instantly excoriated by the lame stream media for making this a partisan attack on Biden. As always, you need to wait a beat before criticizing President Trump. As president he knows stuff we don’t.
We all grieve with the families of the crews, the staff and the passengers of both aircraft. It is possibly too early to be doling out blame, but we must be vigilant and ensure this never happens again. May God bless the victims and their families.
Trump Unloads On Biden's DEI Program To Put Mentally Unstable People Into Air Traffic Controller Positions At Reagan Airport Crash Press Conference
— Alex Jones (@RealAlexJones) January 30, 2025
More Live Reports and News Here:https://t.co/hbtaSvJMVC pic.twitter.com/SUqiolKd0G
1 year ago 11 Republican Attorneys General wrote a letter to the Biden administration, expressing their frustration with the new DEI practices affecting the Federal Aviation Administration.
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) January 30, 2025
Nothing was ever done about their concerns by the Biden administration. pic.twitter.com/9O2UD1WXxS
Former Air Traffic Controller describes how the FAA has been overtaken by DEI since the Obama administration pic.twitter.com/pOhOtoW76P
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 31, 2025
If you want to understand the ATC staffing shortage, this is a good place to start – a 2023 DOT IG report.
— KC-10 Driver ✈️ 👨✈️ B-737 Wrangler (@MCCCANM) January 31, 2025
Full report @ the link; here’s the summary. It’s complicated & I’ll work on breaking it down.
Again, doesn’t mean the crash was ATC’s fault. https://t.co/eehwX1pZif pic.twitter.com/gAdHHucwhJ
The FAA has a diversity program to recruit minority air traffic controllers. Their target schools include:
— John LeFevre (@JohnLeFevre) January 30, 2025
Elizabeth State University
– Minimum high school GPA: 2.5
– 75% of their students scored below 970 on the SAT
Middle Georgia State University
– Minimum high school GPA:… https://t.co/c7YZHT38kE
This is what Trump was referring to when he called out the FAA for their DEI hiring practices to hire people with “severe psychiatric and intellectual disabilities.”
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025
It's real. You can't make this up. https://t.co/twuulb2qEN pic.twitter.com/1iYUB8KUVq
Remember Biden’s pick – couldn’t answer a single question (he was not selected) – Mayor Pete wasn’t much better…
REMINDER: Biden’s pick to lead the FAA was a DEI hire who couldn’t answer a single question about aviation. pic.twitter.com/Wpq27SSm9P
— Jessica 🇺🇸 (@RealJessica05) January 30, 2025
🚨 Pete Buttigieg's FAA got a scathing Inspector General Report in June 2023:
— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) January 31, 2025
– "77% of critical facilities staffed below threshold"
– "lacks a plan to address staffing challenges, posing a risk to continuity of air traffic operations"
– "FAA cannot ensure it will successfully…
The Pentagon is being very quiet about the names of the deceased US Army Blackhawk crew.
The Army has confirmed that all three soldiers were from Bravo Company, 12th Combat Aviation Battalion, based at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, about 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. The unit primarily transports senior U.S. military officials around the Washington area and beyond.
Recovery efforts for two of the soldiers in the Black Hawk in the frigid waters of the Potomac River continued Thursday, as did the search for the missing among the 64 aboard American Airlines Flight 5342. Also being sought are the plane’s data and cockpit voice recorder and the helicopter’s integrated data and voice recorder.
The helicopter flight along the Potomac was a routine nighttime qualification flight in which an instructor pilot tests a pilot’s skills at navigating the various routes through the Washington area that are key parts of his or her mission.
The helicopter flight along the Potomac was a routine qualification flight.
Through families messages on social media we know that Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves from Mississippi and Staff Sergeant Ryan O’Hara from Georgia were onboard. There is a third crew member, the co-pilot, whose name has not been released or confirmed.
“It was a very experienced group,” said Jonathan Koziol, a retired Army chief warrant officer with more than 30 years experience in flying Army helicopters. Koziol has been attached to the Unified Command Post created at Reagan National Airport to coordinate efforts following the deadly collision.
Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time, and the crew chief was also said to have hundreds of hours of flight time.
Rumors that a transgender pilot was the third member of the crew were so intense that pilot Jo Ellis posted this video this morning.
Proof of life
Jo Ellis posts a proof of life video and statement at 9:45am today.
— Jen (@JPo1369) January 31, 2025
Rumor has Jo being a trans woman pilot on the Blackhawk that hit a passenger plane. pic.twitter.com/uHmK38vR2L
Other
https://www.army.mil/article/282760