The Trump administration is spending more than $2 million to investigate whether diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have played a role in recent aviation incidents—including the January midair crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which killed 67 people—according to a new report from The Atlantic.
Launched in March, the investigation is being led by high-profile attorney Alex Spiro, who has represented numerous celebrities and billionaires, including Elon Musk. The probe is centered on several key questions: what DEI policies are currently in place, how they influence the hiring of air traffic controllers and whether there’s any link between these initiatives and recent aviation safety events.
To conduct the inquiry, Spiro’s firm brought on a team that includes four former federal prosecutors with deep investigative experience.
However, despite the high price tag, the investigation is expected to wrap shortly, and sources have told The Atlantic that it is not expected to produce any actionable findings.
Critics have called the investigation a misuse of taxpayer dollars—especially as the federal aviation system grapples with a critical staffing shortage.
Maybe the congress should be closely examined regarding their participation in causing the mid-air…
The DEI investigation isn’t about safety, it’s more about shaping a story. It’s a way to stir up doubt, score political points, and set the stage to roll back inclusion efforts, all while pretending it’s about fixing aviation.
Everything appears to be aimed at creating stories & sagas - these days. Actually, the stories and low-ball entertainment pops up quicker than any average human can swivel the head. The only thing helping against this news-flood disease, is to take a digital detox time-out. Turn it off.
Tax payer got off lightly. For a lawyer to charge only $2 million for a government report means he could not have read the fine print before signing.
What a waste of taxpayer money…
Only $2 million to confirm what most recognize. Yes, document the facts and data to get things back on track. Considering all the other waste like millions spent to support transgender studies in lower Ethiopia, this is a cheap project.
A team of prominent aviation experts, oops… I mean beltway lawyers, are hired by the administration to rubber stamp its beliefs. It isn’t as if the fate of DEI is going to be settled by the results of the report. The administration doesn’t need no report to banish DEI, so what is the point, really?
Two million dollars on a report that has no policy or safety implications while billions are cut from medical research. Gotta love the elimination of waste, fraud, and abuse by the administration.
I’m sure this inquest is a rational and thorough scientific inquiry where the outcome is equally likely to discover that DEI is not a factor.
In my 50 years of flying I’ve found that some of the best pilots are gay women.
I would bet a dollar to a donut that the report is already written and will confirm the Administration’s agenda and policies. It is deeply saddening to see what is happening in our Country right now. The corruption and grift makes us look like a third world country.
Show me the centrifuge qualification… that is the proof. Doesn’t matter the gender… matters who can take the pain and stay active under 9 G’s for 30 seconds… again… show me the video of each one and THAT… will disqualify and prove the merits of each candidate…
“Trump Administration Allocates $2 Million To Probe DEI’s Role In Aviation Safety”
“Trump Administration Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat”
Good luck to all the contestants who will compete!
Just because they didn’t want to go out with you doesn’t necessarily mean they were gay.
A boy named “Sue”, what can we do…
There is no way either of the aircraft crew were pulling 2g, much less 9g, for even one second in this accident. How is it relevant?
Why let accident investigators determine the actual cause when you can just hire lawyers instead…
…investigating what?
Let us see you suffer increasing constipation for six months, then push a six-pound stool out of your ass, before you say one word about pain thresholds, JP. The Mercury 13 were centrifuge-qualified to the same level as the Mercury 7, disproving decades ago that there was any significant physiological difference in the genders, as far as spaceflight was concerned. Only ignorant political and chauvinist considerations, which are still the coin of the realm.
And that, like Lil flip raps… Is GAME OVER.