Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach told Newsmax on Friday that he sent a letter to the Biden administration in 2021 due to concerns that it was using diversity, equality and inclusion practices to hire air traffic controllers.
“This has an effect,” Kobach said on “Wake Up America.” “By 2023, the FAA reported that there were 503 lapses … where air traffic controllers made mistakes in that year, and that was a 65% increase.”
A New York Times study claimed there were 300 near-misses near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Kobach said.
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