Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion over modernizing an outdated air traffic control systems, it was reported Monday.
Under Buttigieg, former President Joe Biden’s Transportation Department spent more than $80 million on a DEI agenda, the New York Post reported, citing federal spending records and airline industry insiders.
According to the Post story, Buttigieg once told industry executives that air traffic control upgrades would just let them fly more planes. “And so why would that be in his interest?” one air industry official said.
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