Vice President JD Vance argued on Fox News that improving aviation safety may require culling air traffic controllers hired through diversity and inclusion programs. This statement followed a tragic collision involving a military chopper and a passenger jet over Reagan Airport, which resulted in the loss of many lives. Vance said that the country has experienced a shortage of air traffic controllers, expressing concern over recent administrations' policies. He emphasized the importance of ensuring such tragedies do not occur again while expressing condolences to the victims' families.
Vance emphasized the need for policy change to improve aviation safety, linking a shortage of air traffic controllers to past administrations' diversity initiatives and policy failures.
He stated that addressing the human tragedy of the recent crash was crucial, urging that such aviation incidents should never happen again.
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