ZeroHedge published a detailed analysis of the FAA air traffic control hiring scandal, examining whether the agency's race-based biographical assessment process is part of a broader pattern of affirmative action failures across the federal government. The piece draws on years of reporting and congressional testimony to argue that the FAA's 2014 hiring overhaul — which eliminated merit-based screening in favor of a controversial biographical questionnaire — may be symptomatic of systemic dysfunction in federal hiring.

Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to claim that the FAA Academy "will put up with no nonsense" — a statement FixFAA.org takes serious issue with. This article documents how the same officials responsible for designing the fraudulent 2014–2018 biographical assessments are also in charge at the FAA Academy, and names them by name. Chairman LoBiondo, we believe, has far more work to do than he realizes.

Tucker Carlson and attorney Michael Pearson of Curry, Pearson & Wooten, PLC delivered a landmark exposé on the FAA's air traffic controller hiring scandal — the first coverage by a major broadcast network of a story FixFAA.org had been reporting for over a year. The segment implicates the FAA, NATCA, Congress, and the National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NBCFAE) for their roles in a process critics say prioritized diversity metrics over controller qualifications. Three segments are available to watch in the full article.

FixFAA.org filed Freedom of Information Act requests seeking anonymous feedback surveys administered to FAA Academy trainees — a straightforward source of objective data about how the Academy is actually performing. The FAA refused to release the records, citing exemptions this site argues are inapplicable and pretextual. The refusal adds to a growing pattern of stonewalling that has followed every attempt to obtain transparency about the Academy's training and evaluation practices.

A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for Arizona ruled that the FAA violated the Freedom of Information Act by withholding records related to its 2014 overhaul of the air traffic controller hiring process — specifically, records concerning Shelton Snow, a former top FAA official investigated for allegedly leaking information to a preferred applicant. The ruling orders the release of Snow's complete investigative file, a significant victory for transparency advocates and a direct challenge to the FAA's years-long strategy of concealment.

A FAA Academy tower training class ending July 7, 2017 saw 7 of 16 trainees terminated — a washout rate exceeding 40% — following what multiple trainees described as deeply flawed simulator evaluations. FixFAA.org examines firsthand accounts from trainees who were terminated despite passing prior assessments and issuing correct traffic information, including one trainee dismissed for responding accurately but "a bit too late." The site argues these terminations reflect a systemic pattern of improper evaluation, not individual trainee failure.

As public attention finally reached the FAA Academy's surging washout rates in mid-2017, a range of theories emerged to explain why so many trainees were failing — most of them wrong, according to FixFAA.org. This site had been the only outlet reporting on Academy failures well before the story broke nationally and now offers a detailed rebuttal of the most common misconceptions. Washout rates had climbed dramatically even compared to 2016, with some classes failing at rates that would have been unthinkable just two years prior.

After nearly three years of anticipation, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General released a 17-page report on the FAA's overhaul of its air traffic controller hiring process — and the results validate years of concerns raised by CTI graduates, veterans, and independent watchdogs. FixFAA.org provides a detailed analysis of the report's findings alongside the FAA's responses, exposing what the site characterizes as deliberately misleading explanations from agency officials intent on defending an indefensible policy.

An internal FAA Academy email reveals that a review of National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) policies found no existing schedule for the disposition of Academy Training Student Records — meaning the FAA had been operating without a legally required records retention framework. The email, dated February 13, 2017, directed all Air Traffic Division staff to immediately retain all student training documents until a proper schedule could be established. FixFAA.org notes it possesses the unredacted version and calls on Congress, the DOT OIG, and NARA to take notice.

Following House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz's public statement that President Trump personally encouraged him to "go after everything you want to go after," FixFAA.org calls on Chaffetz to direct his committee's attention to the FAA Academy's deeply flawed evaluation process. The site provides a detailed breakdown of systemic problems at the Academy — including how a single low-scoring evaluation can mathematically eliminate an otherwise high-performing trainee — and urges oversight officials to obtain firsthand accounts from those directly affected.

FixFAA.org reaches out directly to air traffic control tower facility managers who are struggling with unfilled staffing slots and wondering why the pipeline of new controller hires has slowed to a trickle. This article documents how dozens, and perhaps hundreds, of trainees who were days away from being placed at field facilities were instead terminated by the FAA Academy — trainees who, by all accounts, would have made exceptional employees. If your facility has open slots and you've been waiting for answers, this article is written for you.

In an open letter to FAA Academy instructors, Radar Program Officers (RPOs), and other concerned personnel, FixFAA.org documents what those employees have witnessed firsthand: trainees who worked hard, demonstrated proficiency, and showed every sign of becoming effective controllers — only to be terminated on the basis of a single evaluation. The site urges Academy staff to come forward with their own accounts, arguing that the stories they could tell are essential to fully exposing the broken training and evaluation system operating inside the FAA Academy.