Here's how DEI in the control tower threatens airline safety

Congress looks poised to enact a five-year reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration by Friday, May 10. But something critical is missing from the bill: a total ban on "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" in the aviation industry.

Diversity, properly understood, can make us – both as individuals and as a society – stronger. In some situations, it pays dividends to have people with different backgrounds, experiences and philosophical viewpoints around the table. It’s hardly controversial to say that.