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Sean Duffy: “They lowered the entrance exam scores to get people into air…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Jake Tapper asks transportation secretary if DEI was at all related to DC plane collision

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

So under the Obama administration, they did change the recruitment standards and brought more people in, but less people were certified. That caused a shortage in the system. But also they lowered, this is the Obama administration, the Biden administration, They lowered the entrance exam scores to get people into air traffic control. We only have so many slots in the academy. I want to get the best people into the academy that can pass the test, get into towers and not wash out. (06:28–06:34)

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Asserts that entrance exam scores for air traffic control were lowered under the Obama and Biden administrations.

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