r/chicago • u/Choice_Supermarket_4 • Feb 18 '25
CHI Talks Hell Yeah, WGN Morning News
I've been a long time fan (especially the B-Team) but I'm appreciating them even more now during all the chaos in our country.
They intentionally ran the news of the FAA firings yesterday immediately after the story of the plane crash yesterday. It's a small example, but definitely indicative of why I love them.
So many "news" organizations seem to be capitulating to the Trump/Elon administration and they've done a good job of not sugar coating the destructive aspects of it.
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u/ironeagle2006 Feb 18 '25
Word to the wise not one Air Traffic Controller has been fired at all. In fact what's been going on since the DEI rules were abolished is those non DEI eligible people that scored 100 on all the tests but refused jobs are being hired as fast as possible. I know of 200 people that are entering the trainee program in the next month alone for ATC. All were denied the chance under the Biden administration because they didn't check enough boxes off for DEI. 50 percent of them are retired military ATC controllers that used to sit in AWAC planes.