Would-be air traffic controller ‘denied job over diversity’ says DC crash was ‘inevitable’ after Trump blamed equality

A WOULD-BE aerial postulation controller who claimed helium was denied a occupation owed to diverseness policies has branded the tragic Washington DC clang "inevitable".

Andrew Brigida, 35, echoed Donald Trump arsenic helium blamed equality measures for the crash that killed 67 people connected Wednesday night.

Brigida is portion of a people enactment suit against the Federal Aviation Administration claiming it did not prosecute radical similar him due to the fact that they didn't lucifer the close "biographical profile".

The aspiring aerial postulation controller claimed helium scored 100 per cent successful his grooming exam but this was supposedly not capable to unafraid a job.

Brigida alleged helium failed a biographical questionnaire due to the fact that helium “didn’t acceptable the preferred taste profile”, according to The Telegraph.

The erstwhile aerial postulation controller campaigner claimed years of diverseness hiring programs astatine the FAA contributed to this tragedy.

Brigida - who graduated from Arizona State University successful 2013 - said helium was connected a preferred campaigner database for the aviation relation until thing changed during the Obama administration.

In a expected effort to pull much divers candidates, the FAA replaced their skills-based trial with the arguable biographical questionnaire.

Brigida claimed his dreams of becoming an aerial postulation controller were quashed with the newer exertion system.

"You privation to prosecute the champion and the brightest for this benignant of occupation due to the fact that it is simply a precise stressful occupation and it tin instrumentality a toll connected you, property you prematurely," helium told The Telegraph.

"You privation to marque definite that the radical that are doing it are the best."

Brigida claimed a akin clang had not happened successful the past owed to luck.

"There person been plentifulness of stories of adjacent miss events that person been the origin of staffing issues," helium added.

"It’s astonishing that it’s gone connected this agelong without being decently recognised by the government.”

POINTING FINGERS

Brigida's rant mirrored Trump's furious tirade astatine equality polices connected Thursday.

The commander-in-chief confirmed each 67 radical died aft the American Airlines pitchy and Army chopper collided midair and plunged into the Potomac River.

The doomed rider formation was conscionable 20 minutes distant from landing astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Trump deed retired astatine the Federal Aviation Administration, criticizing what helium said are rules connected who tin enactment successful aerial postulation power and authorities diverseness efforts.

"The FAA is actively recruiting workers who endure terrible intelligence disabilities, psychiatric problems, and different intelligence and carnal conditions nether a diverseness and inclusion hiring inaugural spelled retired connected the agency's website," Trump alleged.

"We person to person our smartest people… They person to beryllium people talented geniuses."

Similarly to Brigida, Trump besides deed retired astatine Barack Obama.

The President claimed Obama and Joe Biden weakened information regulations and said erstwhile presidents were liable for the agency's alleged atrocious hiring.

Trump has not yet confirmed what caused the shocking and tragic clang - which is present America's deadliest successful 24 years.

"We bash not cognize what led to this clang but we person immoderate precise beardown opinions and ideas," helium said connected Wednesday.