I VIATION Federal Aviation NISTRATIE Administration Home Newsroom About Jobs News Search Aircraft Air Traffic Airports Pilots & Airmen Data & Research Regulations Space Drones Newsroom Press Releases Statements Fact Sheets Speeches Testimony > Conferences & Events > Daily Air Traffic Report Flight Delay Information FAA Safety Briefing Magazine Subscribe to FAA News FAA Provides Aviation Careers to People with Disabilities Thursday, April 11, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a pilot program to help prepare people with disabilities for careers in air traffic operations. A key focus for the FAA's Office of Civil Rights is to identify specific opportunities for people with targeted disabilities, empower them and facilitate their entry into a more diverse and inclusive workforce. The FAA will enroll up to 20 people in the Aviation Development Program. They will train for up to one year at 10 Air Route Traffic Control Centers throughout the U.S. The following facilities will participate in the pilot: Minneapolis, Minn., Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Mass., Denver, Colo., Fort Worth, Texas, Jacksonville, Fla., Seattle, Wash., Memphis, Tenn., Kansas City, Kan., and Salt Lake City, Utah. The candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical and security qualifications as those individuals considered for a standard public opening for air traffic controller jobs. Participants in the program will receive up to one year of experience in an Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) with the potential to be appointed to a temporary ATCS position at the FAA Academy.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid@mastodon.social GOP removed housing regulations-housing collapsed GOP removed banking regulations-banks went under GOP removed railroad regulations-trains derailed GOP removed FAA regulations-midair crash Stop deregulating billionaires and transportation industries. Start prosecuting those who commit fraud. Jan 31, 2025, 01:49 AM ‣. Web 400 boosts 518 favorites

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid@mastodon.social GOP removed housing regulations-housing collapsed GOP removed banking regulations-banks went under GOP removed railroad regulations-trains derailed GOP removed FAA regulations-midair crash Stop deregulating billionaires and transportation industries. Start prosecuting those who commit fraud. Jan 31, 2025, 01:49 AM ‣. Web 400 boosts 518 favorites

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January 30th, 2025 Reddit post to /r/economicCollapse

← • r/economicCollapse ⚫ 14 hr. ago No-Conclusion-6172 Thu Jan 30 2025 14:40:26 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) FAA Administrator Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign yahoo.com 5.6K ☐ 216 Д ✰ Share Open

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We can’t even Cassandra fast enough

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Regulations are wrirren in blood

T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social January 20: FAA director fired → January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen + Follow January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years Making America Great Again! January 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM Everybody can reply · Translate 12.7K reposts 1.1K quotes 25.9K likes 819 13.8K 25.9K ↑

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That’s, uh, quite the juxtaposition

Done apnews.com AP SETS THE STANDARD FOR POLITICAL REPORTING. DONATE AP Crash at Reagan airport Kumbh Mela stampede A$AP R BREAKING NEWS A passenger jet collided with a helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, officials say. Search and rescue is ongoing. POLITICS Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee Х

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January 30th, 2025 tweet by @marionumber4

Some internet users noted that the plane crash was not related to the string of controversies plaguing Boeing planes for the past few months.

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January 20th, 2025 flight paths tweet by @ADSBex

A diagram showing the flight paths taken by the landing commercial plane and the Black Hawk helicopter, which had reportedly switched off its ADSB or flight broadcasting equipment.

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January 30th, 2024 tweet by @realDonaldTrump

Donald Trump posted to Truth Social expressing suspicion over the Black Hawk helicopter's trajectory, saying that the it "was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time," asking, "Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane," and concluding, "NOT GOOD!!!"

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January 29th, 2025 tweet by @TheWapplehouse

Some internet users expressed suspicion and confusion about how a military aircraft and a commercial plane could crash minutes before the plane was set to land, as seen in a tweet by X user @TheWapplehouse.

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January 29th, 2025 tweet by @BNONews

Early reports after the DC Airport incident indicated that 19 bodies were pulled out of the Potomac river two hours after the crash and that there may be no survivors.

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January 29th, 2025 tweet by Reuters International Security Correspondent

International Security Correspondent covering the Pentagon Indrees Ali posted a series of tweets about the crash, including one that read, "The Joint Task Force-National Capitol Region says the BlackHawk was taking part in a training flight."

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January 29th, 2025 Reddit post on /r/Aviation

An early post on Reddit's /r/Aviation alerting people to a plane crash that occurred near DC's Reagan International Airport on January 29th, 2025.

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I VIATION Federal Aviation NISTRATIE Administration Home Newsroom About Jobs News Search Aircraft Air Traffic Airports Pilots & Airmen Data & Research Regulations Space Drones Newsroom Press Releases Statements Fact Sheets Speeches Testimony > Conferences & Events > Daily Air Traffic Report Flight Delay Information FAA Safety Briefing Magazine Subscribe to FAA News FAA Provides Aviation Careers to People with Disabilities Thursday, April 11, 2019 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced a pilot program to help prepare people with disabilities for careers in air traffic operations. A key focus for the FAA's Office of Civil Rights is to identify specific opportunities for people with targeted disabilities, empower them and facilitate their entry into a more diverse and inclusive workforce. The FAA will enroll up to 20 people in the Aviation Development Program. They will train for up to one year at 10 Air Route Traffic Control Centers throughout the U.S. The following facilities will participate in the pilot: Minneapolis, Minn., Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Mass., Denver, Colo., Fort Worth, Texas, Jacksonville, Fla., Seattle, Wash., Memphis, Tenn., Kansas City, Kan., and Salt Lake City, Utah. The candidates in this program will receive the same rigorous consideration in terms of aptitude, medical and security qualifications as those individuals considered for a standard public opening for air traffic controller jobs. Participants in the program will receive up to one year of experience in an Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) with the potential to be appointed to a temporary ATCS position at the FAA Academy.

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