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Fact-checking Trump’s claims on FAA diversity policies

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  • President Barack Obama in 2010 ordered federal agencies to prioritize hiring more people with disabilities. The Federal Aviation Administration incorporated such efforts into its diversity hiring program.
  • These efforts remained in place throughout President Donald Trump’s first administration. The FAA under Trump expanded its effort to hire people with disabilities, announcing in 2019 a program to hire 20 people with disabilities to be air traffic controllers.
  • Trump in 2018 eliminated an Obama-era assessment used in hiring air traffic controllers that scored applicants based on their work and education history and personality traits. Biden did not revive it.

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  • Whatever you guys are doing south of the border (I'm in Canada) ... I won't be flying there any time soon and I'll be encouraging my friends and family to do the same.