The End Of DEI In The Cockpit — How The FAA Plans To Enforce Merit-Based Hiring Standards

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a new order that all US airlines ensure their pilot hiring is conducted on an exclusively merit-based basis. The directive follows an effort by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to scale back recruitment driven by Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) goals, which it argues have compromised the country’s gold standard of aviation safety.