Sadly, last week marked the end of the longest accident-free period in US aviation history.
Sixteen years after the tragedy of the Corgan Air in Buffalo, New York, taught us much. It also gave way to the fatal presumption that safety could be comparable or secondary to social engineering. At a press conference on January 30, President Donald Trump's cause of last week's airborne collision over Potomac remains to be seen, but the need to end all safety-sensitive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). I pointed out. positions in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), military and aviation industry.
ending American Air Travel Day It is undoubtedly the most important passenger safety goal facing the Trump administration. January 22nd, Trump announcement The FAA is based solely on all employment and promotion benefits. Those who control our skies, inspect and supervise manufacturers, airlines, route systems, approve pilot and technician qualifications, establish regulations over 45,000 employees of the FAA, only accomplished I'll be promoted at. Sanity seems to be returning to the sky in our country. Last week, we tragically reminded us why this initiative is essential.
The crane will lift flights 5342 from the Potomac River during its recovery efforts in Arlington, Virginia on February 3, 2025. American Airlines flights from Wichita, Kansas collided with a military Black Hawk helicopter and aboard both aircraft on January 29, 2025, approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside Washington DC. He killed everyone. (Acquired McNamee/Getty Images)
DEI-based employment among airline pilots must also be terminated. Most major airlines are government contractors. They skip mail, move government officials and equipment, Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF). CRAF is a program in which airlines contractually commit to providing supplemental Department of Defense airlines in war or other national emergency. Therefore, the administration's policies apply to these contractor carriers. However, the airline continues its DEI initiative.
June 2021 Axios InterviewUnited Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the airline is “committed to ensuring that 50% of its graduating pilot class will become women or people of color.” It is essential that the federal government requires contractors to end employment practices that put race and gender ahead of skills. The flying masses and our country's army deserve it.
Still, a lot of work comes first. Trump announced that it was just his inaugural speech. Two biological sexes– Men and women. Therefore, the FAA pilot certification policy should follow suit. in 2016the FAA loosened the rules for certifying transgender airline pilots by removing the label “gender identity disorder” in the term “gender discomfort.”
American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders situation “Gender incompatibility is not a mental disorder in itself… impulsivity, mood loss, and suicidal ideation are common.” Suicide by plane is rare, but does occur. Germanwings 9525 was intentional It crashed In March 2015, everyone was killed by a suicide officer co-pilot.
That same year, US Transgender Survey It has been reported [that] 82% of respondents were considered, 40% attempted suicide, and 7% of those attempted suicide in the past year. “Nevertheless, a year later, the FAA changed its certification policy without conducting formal studies examining the physical and mental effects of pilot hormone therapy. 2023, Nature The magazine has been published article Examining 46 subsequent studies detailing increased anger and aggression, deep venous thrombosis (DVT), and side effects of transgender hormone therapy Polybacteremia [increased red blood cells that can lead to blood clots] This could lead to the pilot's incompetence. Until these issues are addressed, the FAA must immediately stop issuing first-class medical certificates to unpleasant commercial airline pilots of gender.
The President's two-sex mission guarantees that the FAA will suspend issuance of printed credentials that do not reflect birth sex, but Trump's orders also apply to the flying masses. Actual ID Program This is a must for all passengers traveling through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Airport Security Checkpoint from May 7, 2025. As a result, agents are no longer able to accept identification with genders other than “X” or birth sex. Airline security requires transparency and truth. This is a big victory in the US Department of Homeland Security era Report “The threat of domestic and foreign terrorism in our hometown remains high.”
Dulles Airport in Washington, DC. (ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES)
I praise Trump and his Cabinet team as Trump and his Cabinet team will guide us with this horrifying professionalism. The 67 souls lost in last week's Potomac clash must not have died in vain. Our industry must take bold action to implement policies that ensure safety, not social justice, is our guiding principle. I am confident that the Trump administration will act on these and other important safety issues. Make aviation great again!
Captain Shelly Walker He is the international wide body captain of the aviation industry for 33 years. She is also a professor, researcher, author, former union president, pilot advocate, principal, Walker Aero Solutions principal and co-founder of the airline employee 4 Health Freedom.
