‘Don’t want a diversity hire at the yoke’: Feds order airlines to hire pilots based on merit, not ideology

The federal government has ordered that airlines must hire their pilots based on their merit, their experience, knowledge and ability to fly their airplanes and not ideology.

A commentary at RedState praised the move, explaining passengers, “don’t want a diversity hire at the yoke of that airplane; we want the best pilot money can buy, regardless of skin tone or plumbing. Now, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are taking steps to ensure that...