Miranda Devine
@mirandadevine
Sobering piece. Despite Trump’s efforts, airline DEI programs are still risking people’s lives: "major carriers persist in aggressive diversity hiring."
In every US commercial flight crash attributed to pilot error since 2000 women and minority pilots are over-represented. Despite being less than 10% of pilots, they were factors in four out of six crashes (66%).
12:41 AM · Jan 25, 2026
Despite Trump’s efforts, airline DEI programs are still risking people’s lives
By Daniel Huff
Published Jan. 23, 2026, 7:14 p.m. ET
Three million Americans will board a plane today assuming the pilot earned that seat through merit. They shouldn’t.
For decades, airlines have subordinated safety to diversity quotas.
President Donald Trump rightly recognized this danger: Early on, he ordered the Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation to rescind all DEI initiatives and return to merit-based hiring and promotions. But the FAA can, and must, do more. ...
I analyzed every US commercial flight crash attributed to pilot error since 2000: Women and minorities represent less than 10% of pilots yet were factors in four out of six crashes (66%).
The sample size is small. But precisely because crashes are so rare, the few times they occur it’s important to scrutinize who is at the controls; under DEI’s guiding principle of relying on statistical disparities, it’s certainly enough to raise questions.
It’s not that women and minorities are inherently unable to fly planes, but in practice, pressure for affirmative action too often leads airlines to lower their standards to meet quotas. ...
Read entire article at NY Post
