Updated April 26, 2024 4:44pm EDT
FAA lawsuit claims agency discriminated against air traffic controller applicants on the basis of race
The FAA allegedly added a question rewarding applicants for doing poorly on test, to get more African American air traffic controller applicants
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is being sued in a class action lawsuit alleging it turned away nearly 1,000 air traffic controller applicants, solely based on their race.(white)
Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, who now serves as co-counsel for Mountain States Legal Foundation based in Colorado, is leading efforts for a lawsuit that could set a new precedent and force companies to hire employees based on skills.
Laxalt said the lawsuit represents nearly 1,000 people who went to school to become air traffic controllers, which, for about 20 years until the end of the Obama administration, graduated 100 % of the people who went on to work in their field.
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