by WorldTribune Staff, January 30, 2025 Real World News In 2013, the Obama administration forced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to abandon its Air Traffic Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) schools, which used clinically verified aptitude tests to admit and train air traffic controllers (ATCs). “This abrupt change in hiring practices for the sake of affirmative […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2023 Passengers’ lives depend on the proficiency of air traffic controllers, regardless of what race they are, pronouns they use, or gender they identify as. But Team Biden has made Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) a top priority in the hiring of federal workers, and that extends to the Federal […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 17, 2022 As an air traffic controller working at one of the FAA’s busiest facilities in the U.S., Hayley Lopez was required under Joe Biden’s executive order to get the Covid vaccine. Just 15 minutes after getting her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the 29-year-old said she developed arm and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 9, 2022 A growing number of pilots are speaking out about debilitating injuries they suffered after receiving the Covid vaccine. Some of the accounts are “hair-raising and deeply disturbing,” Maureen Steele, a paralegal and head of media relations for the John Pierce Law Firm, told The Defender in a May 6 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 Pentagon officials now believe the Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Jan. 8 was mistakenly shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. U.S. intelligence said the airliner was likely accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile. All 176 on board Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 were killed. “We have […]
by WorldTribune Staff, June 21, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 20 issued an emergency order banning U.S. airlines from flying in an overwater area of Iran-controlled airspace following Teheran’s downing of an American unmanned surveillance drone. Meanwhile, the White House announced that national security adviser John Bolton will travel to Israel during […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 19, 2019 The United States has made overtures for talks with Iran to “de-escalate” the current situation and is reportedly “sitting by the phone” awaiting the Islamic Republic’s response. President Donald Trump’s overtures for direct talks with Iranian leadership comes as tensions between the two countries and their allies in the […]
