Brigida v. United States Department of Transportation

Documents

• File:Cases.justia.com-16-cv-2227.pdf: the complaint (PDF)

Links

Reference

• Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse shows the case's history
  • Header misspells Brigida as "Bridida", but documents appear to be titled correctly.

News

• 2025/01/31 13:56 UTC [L..T] What to know about the suit against FAA diversity policies critics blame for crash «Scrutiny on the Federal Aviation Administration after a deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C. has brought renewed attention to a class-action lawsuit alleging that the agency committed racial discrimination in hiring policies. / The lawsuit was originally filed on Dec. 30, 2015, in Washington, D.C., federal court during the Obama administration. The complaint argues the FAA denied jobs to upward of 1,000 qualified applicants to meet diversity hiring targets, a policy critics suggest played a role in the staffing crisis in air traffic control.»
• 2025/01/31 13:38 UTC [L..T] Did FAA Reject Air Traffic Controllers Based on Race? What We Know «Complaints about the Federal Aviation Administration's hiring policy have resurfaced following the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport aircraft disaster, including claims that candidates were rejected based on race.»
• 2024/04/26 01:51 UTC [L..T] FAA lawsuit claims agency discriminated against air traffic controller applicants on the basis of race «The FAA allegedly added a question rewarding applicants for doing poorly on test, to get more African American air traffic controller applicants» (Wow @ subhead author: tell me you're a racist without telling me.)
• 2022/02/01 [L..T] Brigida v. FAA: Case Against Racially Biased FAA Hiring Practices Cleared for Takeoff as a Class Action «Mountain States Legal Foundation today announced a major step forward on an effort to hold the Federal Aviation Administration accountable for Obama-era hiring practices that were designed to exclude better-qualified air traffic control candidates, in favor of less-qualified candidates, all due to the color of their skin.»