Airline Travel - What You Need To Know

Given the number of aircraft crashes recently, the Federal Aviation Administration's Diversity and Inclusion hiring policies are stated here. They are quoted for the record and reflect how the FAA conducts its business.

1. "Diversity Takes Flight" - US Department of Transportation. Diversity is integral to achieving the FAA's mission of ensuring safe and efficient travel across our nation and beyond. Our inclusive culture is defined by our values and we continuously seek employees from all backgrounds with distinctive ideas, perspectives, insights and talents. As our NextGen technology and systems continue to evolve to meet the aviation challenges of tomorrow, so must our workforce.

   Because diversity is so critical, the FAA actively supports and engages in a variety of associations, programs, coalitions and initiatives to support and accommodate employees from diverse communities and backgrounds. Our people are our strength, and we take great care in investing in and valuing them as such.

   The mission of the FAA involves securing the skies of a diverse nation. It only make sense that the workforce responsible for that mission reflects the nation that it serves.

   Employee Associations and Special Emphasis Programs - The FAA takes great pride in ensuring that all employees are afforded the opportunity to connect with others who share a similar culture, background, identity, interest or goal. Our employee associations and Special Emphasis Programs serve to facilitate career development, formal and informal mentoring, diversity, inclusion and social interaction. The FAA supports the following groups, which are open to all FAA employees:

1. FAA Pride - Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual Employees

2. National Native American Alaska Native Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NAAN)

3. National Hispanic Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NHCFAE)

4. National Asian and Pacific American Association (NAPA)

5. National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees (NBCFAE)

6. National Coalition of Federal Aviations Employees with Disabilities (NCFAED)

7. Professional Women Controllers (PWC)

8. Technical Women's Organization (TWO)

9. Special Emphasis Programs

1. Federal Women's Program (FWP)

2. Hispanic Employment Program (HEP)

3. People With Disabilities Program (PWDP)

10. People With Disabilities

1. Individuals with targeted or "severe" disabilities are the most underrepresented segment of the federal workforce. The People with Disabilities Program (PWD) ensures that people with disabilities have equal Federal employment opportunities. The FAA actively recruits, hires, promotes, retains, develops and advances people with disabilities. The FAA meets the goals of the PWD Program through a variety of practices.

   Targeted Disabilities

   Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruiting and hiring. They include:

1. Hearing

2. Vision

3. Missing extremities

4. Partial paralysis

5. Complete paralysis

6. Epilepsy

7. Severe intellectual disability

8. Psychiatric disability

9. Dwarfism

2. On-the-Spot-Hiring

   A non-competitive hiring method for filling vacancies with Veterans and/or individuals with disabilities. Managers can choose to fill an open position through the On-the-Spot hiring process given they provide the required documentation for doing so.