Amber Smith

aviation.

aviation.

Absolutely. So the opposite of DEI, which we have heard the president talk about since inauguration, even before, is merit. So what we've seen in the Biden administration, they pushed all of this diversity, equity, inclusion into all of the federal government. not just the military. My book's focused on the military. So the opposite of DEI is merit.

Absolutely. So the opposite of DEI, which we have heard the president talk about since inauguration, even before, is merit. So what we've seen in the Biden administration, they pushed all of this diversity, equity, inclusion into all of the federal government. not just the military. My book's focused on the military. So the opposite of DEI is merit.

Merit means you are the best person for the job. You have the best test scores. You did the best interview. You have the best experience, the best physical fitness. Whatever the standard may be, You're there. And that's how they you get promoted. That's how you get the job. That's how you get selected for flight training.

Merit means you are the best person for the job. You have the best test scores. You did the best interview. You have the best experience, the best physical fitness. Whatever the standard may be, You're there. And that's how they you get promoted. That's how you get the job. That's how you get selected for flight training.

So when you bring in this DEI, obviously, in order to get people who are not qualified into those positions, you have to lower the standard. You have to ensure that the people who are not qualified are able to somehow, you know,

So when you bring in this DEI, obviously, in order to get people who are not qualified into those positions, you have to lower the standard. You have to ensure that the people who are not qualified are able to somehow, you know,

past the bar and therefore they do that by quotas or targets and lowering the standards when you lower the standards someone else along the line is having to pick up the slack it weakens the chain it weakens the unit and the mission as a whole and it it sets it up for dangerous operations

past the bar and therefore they do that by quotas or targets and lowering the standards when you lower the standards someone else along the line is having to pick up the slack it weakens the chain it weakens the unit and the mission as a whole and it it sets it up for dangerous operations

Yeah, so this is a big challenge, the Department of Defense. And this is not just a DOD issue. This is government-wide where I'm sure they're going to be looking into the FAA and what's going on with ATC, the air traffic controllers. and see why they're undermanned and still allowing full aviation operations to proceed. So there's a couple of things that need to happen.

Yeah, so this is a big challenge, the Department of Defense. And this is not just a DOD issue. This is government-wide where I'm sure they're going to be looking into the FAA and what's going on with ATC, the air traffic controllers. and see why they're undermanned and still allowing full aviation operations to proceed. So there's a couple of things that need to happen.

One, you've already seen the executive orders going out that sort of squash what can be squashed with an executive order, removing some of the policies that were put in place for the Biden administration. The implementation of that is ongoing. You need to change things immediately, culturally, to merit-based.

One, you've already seen the executive orders going out that sort of squash what can be squashed with an executive order, removing some of the policies that were put in place for the Biden administration. The implementation of that is ongoing. You need to change things immediately, culturally, to merit-based.

And that needs to be from the top down, from president, we're seeing it, SecDef, and then through the commands all the way down, that DEI will no longer be tolerated. This is going to be a significant task. The work is just getting started. So you can issue the executive order, but now you need to ensure that it's going to be implemented all the way through the ranks.

And that needs to be from the top down, from president, we're seeing it, SecDef, and then through the commands all the way down, that DEI will no longer be tolerated. This is going to be a significant task. The work is just getting started. So you can issue the executive order, but now you need to ensure that it's going to be implemented all the way through the ranks.

all the way down to the rank and file through all the commanders that chose to implement and enforce the vaccine mandates. The ones who chose to kick out the 8,000 troops that were combat proven and wanted to stay in the military and just didn't want to take an unproven vaccine. So you're going to have to get through all of those people to ensure there's not sabotage going in along the ranks.

all the way down to the rank and file through all the commanders that chose to implement and enforce the vaccine mandates. The ones who chose to kick out the 8,000 troops that were combat proven and wanted to stay in the military and just didn't want to take an unproven vaccine. So you're going to have to get through all of those people to ensure there's not sabotage going in along the ranks.

That's going to be that cultural aspect that I talked about. That is what is going to be incredibly challenging. The other part that needs to be done is accountability. When there is no accountability in a culture that is running rampant with DEI and lawlessness, no one is going to change.

That's going to be that cultural aspect that I talked about. That is what is going to be incredibly challenging. The other part that needs to be done is accountability. When there is no accountability in a culture that is running rampant with DEI and lawlessness, no one is going to change.