October 27, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation has slammed a proposed class's certification bid in a hiring bias suit alleging the Federal Aviation Administration prioritized African Americans for air traffic control jobs, arguing the case is being presented as a race issue only because the plaintiffs know college students are not protected by the Civil Rights Act.
May 12, 2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation must face a Civil Rights Act suit over the Federal Aviation Administration's Obama-era changes to its air traffic controller job application process, a D.C. federal judge held Wednesday, denying the department's bid to partially toss the suit.