Trump focused on meritocracy

US President Donald Trump is focused on “absolute color-blindness and meritocracy,” Daniel Elwell, former FAA official says.  #Washington #PlaneCrash

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00:00It's a really important job and a really specific job that requires, I mean, I'd imagine an

00:06awful lot of discipline and a specific mindset.

00:09Did you see evidence when you were in office of people in air traffic control towers who

00:14shouldn't have been there?

00:17I personally did not see that, anecdotally.

00:23There have been reports that that could be the case, but that's true really in any profession

00:28and in any industry where it is a stated goal to reach certain levels of underrepresented

00:38people in a job that requires a very high level of performance and expertise.

00:50In aviation, there's really no place for that.

00:53I've talked to the president, I know where he is on this, and he truly believes in absolute

01:03colorblindness and meritocracy has to reign in an industry and a government organization

01:09that requires so much expertise.