‘Ridiculous’: Pilots Speak Out Against FAA’s Social Justice Agenda
Pilots are speaking out against the Federal Aviation Administration’s latest priorities surrounding social justice. The pilots spoke with Fox News after the 2023 budget from the administration revealed spending for…
Pilots are speaking out against the Federal Aviation Administration’s latest priorities surrounding social justice.
The pilots spoke with Fox News after the 2023 budget from the administration revealed spending for “environmental justice” and “an additional $20 million above the 2021 enacted level for the office of the secretary to lead DOT’s efforts to promote equity and inclusion.”
It also comes after system failures resulted in all flights being grounded on Wednesday for the first time since 9/11.
Sal Lagonia, an Aviation lawyer, told the outlet the spending on “non-essential issues within the agency does nothing to help these technological blunders.”
He also commented on the change to the “Notice to Airman” (NOTAM) acronym to “Notice to Air Missions.”
Lagonia explained, “Just look at the change as to what NOTAM stands for. It has been ‘Notices to Airman’ for many years. Recently, the agency spent a great deal of money and effort to take the word ‘man’ out of the title and instead call it ‘Notices to Air Missions.'”
He added, “Documents had to be changed, to the new name, etc. Spend that effort and money on bolstering the systems that makes and keeps flying safe.”
JP Tristiani, an Aviation