The FAA Academy in Oklahoma fought to fill the classrooms due to Dei’s quotas, says Senator Mullin

Senator Markwayne Mullin, Okla Republican. Of the appointments.

“Where FAA air traffic controllers receive training is here within Oklahoma, in Oklahoma City,” Mullin said. “That is your training center and I will tell you that we were having difficulty filling the classes due to Dei.”

Flight security has become a debate issue this week after an American Airlines plane and an army helicopter collided outside the Reagan National Airport on Wednesday. Two days later, on Friday, a medical plane crashed in a street near the Roosevelt shopping center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Senator Markwayne Mullin, Okla Republican. (Fox News)

Mullin argued that Dei could have played a role in the lack of preparation for security, especially after the accident outside the Reagan National Airport. He said to focus on hiring “the best and most brilliant individuals” is a much more reliable strategy than focusing on “diversity, equity and inclusion.”

In the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City, Dei’s policies resulted in classes that are not used to the ability to comply with the Dei quotas, Mullin said.

“Instead that these classes were 100% full, we were at 80% or 70%, and it was not because of the lack of people who requested it, except for each class, had a proportion they had to have in it,” the senator “The Senator said.

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Mullin praised President Donald Trump for adopting a strong position against Dei when assuming the position. (Trump campaign)

Mullin praised the president Donald Trump for adopting a strong position against Dei when assuming the position.

“President Trump is absolutely correct,” Mullin said. “When people are not hiring based on merit and experience; it is hiring them based on diversity, equity and inclusion, that has a big problem to move forward for us.”

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