{"id":44985,"date":"2025-02-11T03:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44985"},"modified":"2025-02-11T03:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T03:14:58","slug":"air-traffic-controllers-blow-whistle-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=44985","title":{"rendered":"Air Traffic Controllers Blow Whistle On\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-396.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-396.png 716w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-396-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Current and former air traffic controllers warn that FAA hiring practices and an \u201cimmunity program\u201d may have contributed to the recent midair collision near Reagan National Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Critics argue that FAA\u2019s focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) since the Obama administration has led to hiring less qualified controllers and a staffing shortage. Additionally, the Air Traffic Safety Action Program (ATSAP) prevents accountability for mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The January 29 crash between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter killed 67 people. A former FAA specialist, Michael Pearson, claims the Reagan ATC failed to follow proper procedures, ignoring a conflict alert. He also alleges that FAA hiring changes intentionally disadvantaged certain applicants, sparking a class-action lawsuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FAA and NTSB are investigating, as concerns grow over safety risks and near-miss incidents at U.S. airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=23365\">also read&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current and former air traffic controllers warn that FAA hiring practices and an \u201cimmunity program\u201d may have contributed to the recent midair collision near Reagan National Airport&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44988,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44985\/revisions\/44988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}