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Sean Duffy: “Under the Obama administration, they did change the…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 06:13

And that's coming back. That's what we're bringing. We're going back to our mission of safety. And so back to the, we're talking about the FAA and the staffing level. 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. (06:13–06:22)

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Asserts that changes in recruitment standards during the Obama administration led to more recruits but fewer certifications.

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