How Obama's FAA used a skewed multiple-choice quiz to prioritize DEI applicants and bar the brightest from air traffic controller jobs | 28 Feb 2025 | A job questionnaire for aspiring air traffic controllers introduced by the Obama regime was designed to meet secret DEI target numbers, DailyMail.com can reveal. The aspiring controllers were given extra credit for being "risk takers," in the bizarre multiple-choice quiz to secretly prioritize DEI applicants. It required virtually no knowledge of aviation to pass but top marks were awarded to candidates who "need a great deal of time to complete assignments" and "take chances very often." And playing three or more sports in high school was rated more valuable than having a stint as an air traffic controller in the military. The 2014 entry test proved notoriously hard to pass for elite, mostly white college graduates who excelled in traditional cognitive tests. But race reformers said it paved the way for more "off the street" hires -- namely women and minorities -- to land high stakes jobs responsible for the lives of millions of air passengers. "Bonkers is the right word for this," one aviation expert told DailyMail.com.