The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

[Dry Guy]

https://simpleflying.com/end-of-dei-coc ... it-hiring/

In an announcement on Friday, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy revealed the FAA's OpSec A134 will make it a legal requirement for airlines to "formally commit to merit-based hiring for pilots." As for what exactly determines merit, the FAA emphasized technical knowledge, cognitive skills, qualifications and piloting experience, with FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford stating that "someone’s race, sex, or creed, has nothing to do with their ability to fly and land aircraft safely."

According to the FAA, instances of airlines persisting with race or sex-based hiring remain, so they will now be required to certify that these practices have ended or face an investigation. Airlines for America (A4A), which represents the majority of carriers in the US, has stated its approval of the directive, stating that its members will "comply with all federal regulations and laws."

Secretary Duffy commented,

"When families board their aircraft, they should fly with confidence knowing the pilot behind the controls is the best of the best. The American people don’t care what their pilot looks like or their gender—they just care that they are most qualified man or woman for the job."

[oldnbold]

The whole concept of DEI was created by an HR industry that is highly misandrist. The way males have been treated by society for the last few decades has swung way beyond equality and into retribution.

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[digits_]

Sounds like a political statement without much effect. Also seems hard to enforce, especially in non unionized airlines where salary discussions will happen.

[tsgarp]

No worries, Carney will fast track the FAA rejects here under the new immigration rules.

[Red_Comet]

Interesting change, but there's a reason DEI is running rampant in the US. It's called the Civil Rights Act, which stipulates that ANY career whose employees do not perfectly represent the general demographics of the country are by definition discriminatory. This is what has been hollowing out American industries for decades. We have our own version here now in the form of the Human Rights Tribunal, which effectively does the same but goes beyond the current demographics into "more diversity is better". And we all know what "diversity" means in this context: no Europeans/Asians or any other high performing demographic need apply.

The Soviet Union may have lost the Cold War, but they won the culture war. Their Frankfurt school agents which penetrated FDRs cabinet (Harry D White, Morgenthau, etc) worked tirelessly to bring about this triumph. America's diversity was alas not its strength after all. They dug into the racial/sexual cracks in American society and applied prolonged force over decades. America cracked, and we are seeing the crumbling of the behemoth now.

[Bingo Fuel]

Neither the U.S. Civil Rights Act nor Canadian human-rights law says that a profession must “perfectly represent” national demographics. What they prohibit is discrimination in hiring and employment decisions. Courts have been explicit on this point for decades: statistical imbalance alone is not proof of discrimination. If it were, virtually every profession requiring rare skills, long training pipelines, or self-selection would be illegal.

DEI in aviation does not mean abandoning merit. It means ensuring that access to the merit pipeline is not arbitrarily restricted.