Scrutiny on the Federal Aviation Administration after a deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., has brought renewed attention to a class-action lawsuit alleging that the agency committed racial discrimination in hiring policies.
The lawsuit was originally filed on Dec. 30, 2015, in Washington, D.C., federal court during the Obama administration. The complaint argues the FAA denied jobs to upward of 1,000 qualified applicants to meet diversity hiring targets, a policy critics suggest played a role in the staffing crisis in air traffic control.
This long-standing challenge against the FAA gained heightened attention online following Wednesday’s catastrophic collision between an American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter, which…
