{"id":322892,"date":"2026-02-10T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322892"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T06:33:55","slug":"affirmative-action-quotas-in-question-as-female-minority-pilots-caused-half-of-pilot-error-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=322892","title":{"rendered":"Affirmative Action Quotas in Question as Female, Minority Pilots Caused Half of Pilot-Error Crashes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Austin \u2013 The Western Journal Feb 9, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Daniel Huff, a former White House lawyer, noted in a recent analysis that the drive toward diversity and inclusion in the airline industry has put passengers at risk.<\/p>\n

In an article for the New York Post<\/a>, Huff wrote that President Donald Trump was right to rescind diversity efforts at the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s because female and minority pilots \u2014 many of whom entered the industry amid a drive toward diversity among pilots \u2014 were responsible for half of pilot-error crashes.<\/p>\n

Despite making up 10 percent of pilots, they were responsible for four out of eight such crashes since 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sample size is small,\u201d Huff wrote. \u201cBut precisely because crashes are so rare, the few times they occur it\u2019s important to scrutinize who is at the controls; under DEI\u2019s guiding principle of relying on statistical disparities, it\u2019s certainly enough to raise questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not that women and minorities are inherently unable to fly planes, but in practice, pressure for affirmative action too often leads airlines to lower their standards to meet quotas,\u201d Huff added.<\/p>\n

The attorney referenced the 2019 Atlas Air Crash as an example.<\/p>\n

Conrad Aska, a black pilot, \u201cpanicked after accidentally initiating a go-around procedure and flew the plane into the ground,\u201d Huff wrote.<\/p>\n

There were signs that such behaviors were a risk even as he was training.<\/p>\n

In simulator exercises, he would \u201cget extremely flustered and could not respond appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even worse, not all diversity-driven safety incidents even reach the public eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost diversity disasters leave far-from-complete paper trails. Training failures happen behind closed doors. Near-misses can go unreported,\u201d Huff wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cCrashes can be blamed on mechanical failure, understaffing or other politically acceptable causes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite Trump\u2019s moves to encourage merit-based hiring of pilots and other air travel personnel, major carriers insist on prioritizing diversity.<\/p>\n

A senior Delta executive said in January 2025 that the firm is \u201csteadfast\u201d with respect to diversity, which is \u201ccritical to our business.\u201d<\/p>\n

United wants half of graduates to be women or minorities, while Southwest still commits to \u201crecruit, hire, and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huff contended that \u201cairlines have a moral duty to put passenger safety first.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince they lack the courage, the administration needs a strong enforcer to impose merit-first hiring before the next crash,\u201d he advised.<\/p>\n

Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is the drive to meet \u201cdiversity quotas\u201d putting the lives of air travelers at risk?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":236490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Behind_The_News","category-Current_Affairs"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322892"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322893,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322892\/revisions\/322893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/236490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}