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>> It seems that he’s listening to Charlie Kirk, right? Charlie Kirk, back in 2024, said when he sees a black pilot, he wonders if they’re even qualified at all. Donald Trump came out, essentially tried to blame diversity for this and throw it on their favorite, you know, DNI, which is their their their favorite little, you know, thing to beat all the time. But the reality is the people that he’s put in place could be very clearly said to be not qualified. You know, you know, no offense to Sean Duffy. I’m sure he was really great on the real world. I’m not sure what qualifies him to lead the FAA. I’m not sure what qualifies Pete Hegseth to lead the dod. And yet we’re expected to believe they are qualified. It wouldn’t it sense be offensive to other black hawk you know, pilots if Donald Trump is trying to tell them he knows better what this pilot should have done. And he knows better whether or not a diverse person has the right to fly a black hawk or a plane.
>> Well, you know, Donald Trump knows about as much as about airspace and aviation as he does about bleach and Covid. Okay. He’s not somebody that we should be listening to in that manner. And it is offensive. I will say that, you know, aviation in general and people need to know this. Becoming a pilot or an air traffic controller. There are very objective standards for that. The aircraft does not know if you’re a man or a woman. The simulator does not know if you’re a man or a woman. You can either put the plane, land it or not. You either know the emergency procedures or not. You either are able to fly that thing within the regulations or not. And so to me, this whole idea about, you know, minorities or diversity being a problem in aviation, this is probably of all of the career paths you can choose the one that has the most objective standards to qualify.