Zitat:"We are looking at altitude, and the president was clear about that, someone was at the wrong altitude,"......"‘Was the Black Hawk too high? Was it on course? Right now we don’t quite know."

"The environment around which we choose pilots or air traffic controllers, as the president pointed out correctly yesterday, better be highest possible standard," ........ "The best of the best who are managing, you know … a flight a minute and managing radio traffic."

"I don’t care what background they come from, what their race is, what their gender is, if they are rich or poor. I just need them to be good at their job because I need my flight to land safely."

"For too long under Biden cared about this things, emphasize those things, pushed real or perceived quotes at the Defense Department"

"We are ending all of that, it’s been made very clear across all of our services and commands, is it merit only and this means we will get the best of the best."

Zitat:The crux of the lawsuit is that the FAA, under the Obama administration, dropped a skill-based system for hiring controllers and replaced it with a “biographical assessment” in an alleged bid to boost the number of minority job applicants.

(01.02.2025, 13:04)Zardo schrieb: Wenn da tatsächlich was dran ist, wäre dass schon ein ziemliches Ding.

(01.02.2025, 17:59)Helios schrieb: Da ist was dran, allerdings nicht in der Form, wie das aktuell teilweise politisch dargestellt wird:
https://123atc.com/biographical-assessment

Soweit ich das damals verstanden habe ging es darum, die formalen Anforderungen zu senken und sich mehr auf die Fähigkeiten selbst zu fokussieren, etwas, das weitaus weniger Aufmerksamkeit erregt hätte, wenn es nicht als Maßnahme für DEI verkauft worden wäre. Trump hat das System einkassiert (wie auch im Link steht), aktuell sieht es so aus:
https://123atc.com/how-to-apply

Zitat:In December 2013, thousands of students who had participated in the FAA’s Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI)—a program specifically designed to prepare individuals to become Air Traffic Control Specialists—were informed that their previous scores on a cognitive and skills-based test—known as the AT-SAT—would be discounted. Instead, these students would have to pass a biographical survey before retaking the cognitive portion of the test.

Zitat:What the program graduates did not know is that only 14% of them would pass this new biographical questionnaire, despite half of them having previously passed the skills-based test and met all of the FAA pre-qualifications to be referred on the next step to becoming Air Traffic Control Specialists.

(01.02.2025, 18:52)Zardo schrieb: Die Sache wird nun natürlich übermässig medial aufgeblasen, ist aber wohl nicht ganz ohne Grundlage.

(01.02.2025, 19:43)Helios schrieb: Letzteres wie dargestellt nicht, nur in welchem Zusammenhang steht das mit dem aktuellen Unfall, und mit der aktuellen Gesamtsituation?

Zitat:For air traffic controllers, the Obama administration in 2013 instituted a new hiring system that introduced a biographical questionnaire to attract minorities, underrepresented in the controller corps. The program was criticized, such as in a Fox News report in 2015, as making it harder for more skilled applicants to get hired as controllers.

(01.02.2025, 20:55)Zardo schrieb: (...) scheint es doch ein ungeeignetes Filterkriterium gewesen zu sein, wenn nur 14% dieses Assessment bestehen, noch bevor sie den eigentlichen Skill-Test absolvieren. Immerhin wurde diese Methode 4 Jahre lang verwendet. Man darf daher schon postulieren, dass hier potentiell Talent und Eignung abgewiesen wurde (...)

Zitat:A major class-action lawsuit has been filed against the federal agency over claims that applications for air traffic controllers were rejected based on race.

The original lawsuit was filed on behalf of Andrew Brigida, who claimed the FAA under the Obama administration dropped a skill-based system for hiring air traffic controllers (ATCs) and replaced it with a "biographical assessment," which was allegedly used to attract more minority applicants.

Brigida, who is white and scored 100 percent on his training exam, said he was discriminated against because of his race when his application was rejected.

(01.02.2025, 22:49)Nightwatch schrieb:

Zitat:A major class-action lawsuit has been filed against the federal agency over claims that applications for air traffic controllers were rejected based on race.

The original lawsuit was filed on behalf of Andrew Brigida, who claimed the FAA under the Obama administration dropped a skill-based system for hiring air traffic controllers (ATCs) and replaced it with a "biographical assessment," which was allegedly used to attract more minority applicants.

Brigida, who is white and scored 100 percent on his training exam, said he was discriminated against because of his race when his application was rejected.

Zitat:https://123atc.com/biographical-assessment

The Biographical Assessment consists of 114 multiple-choice questions. The questions explore your personality traits and your approach to work. Topics include:

Approaches to decision making
- Handling pressure, risk, and uncertainty
- Reactions to criticism, mistakes, and setbacks
- Teamwork and communication styles and preferences
- Efficiency, accuracy, and prioritization
- Confidence and initiative
- Responsibility and reliability
- Learning styles and technological aptitude
- Et cetera