President Donald Trump wants the next Secretary of Transportation and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator to return to “meritocracy hiring” for all positions, including air traffic controllers, and end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. I am instructed to do so.
President Trump, who notably nominated former Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) to head the Department of Transportation, took executive action in a memo on Tuesday.
I hereby order the Secretary of Transportation and the Secretary of Federal Aviation to immediately return to non-discriminatory, merit-based employment as required by law. All so-called DEI initiatives, including all dangerous preferential policies and practices, will be immediately reversed and employees will be hired, promoted, and otherwise treated based on their individual ability, qualifications, performance, and dedication. Masu.
In addition to sweeping policy changes to the employment system, President Trump is ordering a review of “the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions.”
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President Trump also urged the Secretary and the FAA Administrator to “take every step to ensure that individuals who are unable to demonstrate or demonstrate the required competency are replaced with individuals who are more capable of ensuring first-class aviation safety and efficiency.” “Take appropriate measures.”
The memo added that the FAA's embrace of DEI under the Biden administration “betrays its mission.”
For example, before I took office, the FAA's Diversity and Inclusion website noted that the previous administration sought to specifically recruit and hire individuals with severe disabilities that could affect their ability to perform critical lifesaving duties. revealed that.
The move came hours before the White House announced On Wednesday, President Trump announced he had signed a sweeping executive order ending diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) “discrimination in federal employment and federal contracts and spending.”
One aspect of this order rescinds President Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order 11246. mandated Affirmative action by government contractors.
President Trump has vowed to eradicate DEI from the federal government starting in 2023, and he reaffirmed that commitment at a rally at Capital One Arena on the eve of his inauguration.
President Trump vowed to “end destructive and divisive diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates across government and the private sector and return our country to a meritocracy.”
