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US airlines told to stop DEI-hiring pilots
Independent News Roundup • Aviation • 16 Feb 2026
Americans care about flight safety, not what the crew “looks like or their gender,” the US transportation secretary has said · FILE PHOTO © Tom Brenner / Getty Images · [RT] The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a sweeping mandate requiring all commercial airlines to formally commit to merit-based hiring for pilots, explicitly barring the use of race or sex as factors in recruitment. · The directive,…
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