New air traffic academy died in Congress despite dire need for more staff
Facing a dire shortage of air traffic controllers, some thought creating a second training academy made sense. Oklahoma ...
'I loved my job': FAA employees in Oklahoma fired in purge of federal workers
President Trump and Elon Musk are reshaping the federal government. In Oklahoma City, this has led to FAA employees losing ...
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FAA Academy in Oklahoma struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas, Sen. Mullin says
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told "Fox News Live" Saturday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Academy in Oklahoma has struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas. "Where the FAA ...
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FAA Academy in Oklahoma struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas, Sen. Mullin says
At the FAA academy in Oklahoma City, DEI policies resulted in classes not being used to capacity to fulfill DEI quotas, Mullin said. "Instead of these classes being 100% full, we were at 80% or 70 ...
US senators call for new funding for air traffic control training
A bipartisan group of three U.S. senators on Tuesday called for new funding to boost air traffic control staffing, speed ...
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'I loved my job': FAA employees in Oklahoma fired in purge of federal workers
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he will be in Oklahoma City this week to tour the FAA training academy and meet with air traffic controller instructors and students. Aside from Musk ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers deployed to FAA to help modernize air traffic control
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers would make recommendations to the FAA on how to upgrade air traffic control systems.