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Watch: Irish silent films from the early 1900s

As critics hail contemporary silent film The Artist, TheJournal.ie takes a look back at Ireland’s silent films.

THE FILM AWARDS season of 2012 is officially underway, with the hit contemporary silent film The Artist scooping four prizes at the Critics’ Choice Awards this week.

Meanwhile, a more historical collection of silent films made about Ireland is available online having been released by the Irish Film and TV Research Online project.

Nine silent films made in Ireland and America between 1910 and 1915 are available to view via the project’s website.

The restoration project involved Trinity College and Green Parrot Pictures, Dublin, and was funded by TCD, the HEA, the ERDF and the NDP.

For your viewing pleasure, here are three of those archived films, made by Sidney Alcott and filmed in Co Kerry in the 1910s:

1. You Remember Ellen, 1912:

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2. The Lad from Old Ireland, 1910:

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3. The Colleen Bawn, 1911:

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    Mute Joshua Walsh
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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:20 AM

    The whole DEI thing yesterday was disgusting. You could have someone worstin charge in an emergency. To stand there and blame DEI with no investigation work done is just terrible.

    Showed zero compassion or empathy towards the families as well.

    Probably doesn’t help that he and musk want to gut the FAA so Musk can skip a few safety checks.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:21 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: *couldn’t

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:28 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: Trump is a poor excuse for a human being, anyone that stands by him after that disgrace yesterday needs to give their head a wobble and reset their moral compass.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:28 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: Only Trump… the dwarf was responsible.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:34 AM

    @Roddy GroomerOGorman: no, I’ll leave that to teenage fanboys like yourself.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:38 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: Want to? He’s already done it on day two. Also, what if someone from a group that would fall under DEI is the most competent for a role on merit, they can never be taken seriously under Trump.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:46 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: I wouldn’t be surprised if the people in the black hawk were fresh recruits being rushed into training because Trump wants black hawks to patrol the Mexico and Canadian borders 24/7.

    Then it would at least make sense to blame DEI in order to deflect responsibility from his own policies. Otherwise he’s using a tragedy just to push a false narrative and further his political ideology which is completely morally bankrupt.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:34 AM

    @Karl O’Toole: he has always been morally bankrupt.
    Vermin.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:40 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: yes, Trump is a gas man right enough. He’s trying to lay the blame at Obama and Biden’s door yet he forgets that he was president between both their terms and did eff all about it. He won the election handsomely yet he’s still obsessed with revenge against Biden for perceived slights against him.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:51 PM
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    Jan 31st 2025, 5:34 PM

    @Harry Paisley: please take your medication

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    Feb 1st 2025, 5:39 PM

    @Joshua Walsh: The day after Trump’s inauguration he not only fired the members of the aviation security advisory committee, created in 1989 after the terrorist bombing of Pan Am flight 103 that exploded over Lockerbie in Scotland, but also eliminated the committee entirely. It had recently proposed new regulations for airline safety.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:30 AM

    Donald Trumps comments on people with an intellectual disability/ Mental health issues were completely inappropriate at this time and an embarrassment to the American people

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:42 AM

    @RIP: Was that when he said that compulsory quotas in areas like air traffic control need to be reconsidered. ?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 6:36 PM

    @thomas molloy: not what he said, and you know. Stop with the lies.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:53 PM

    @Harry Paisley: Not them all.. 50% yes, the other 50, not a chance.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:56 PM

    @Harry Paisley: do not respond to this man ..he’s been discovered on telegram. (Arbour hill)

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:33 AM

    JANUARY 10 – Trump fires the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, the department in charge of flight safety; JANUARY 21 – Trump freezes hiring for Air Trafic Controllers; JANUARY 22- Trump disbands the Aviation Safety Advisory Committee; JANUARY 28 – Trump sends out a buyout/ retirement demand to existing employees, removing experienced safety staff; JANUARY 29 – First American mid-air collision in 16 years.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:51 AM

    @Harry Paisley: What do you know or care about the truth, Troll?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 5:45 PM

    @Jack Hayes: Don’t mind Harry, he’s just sad that his Ma found his special sock that he’s been using whenever he sees an article about Trumplethinskin

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:32 PM

    @Jack Hayes: BS and TDS.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:28 AM

    This is the first of many tragedies to come caused by Trump and Elon. Elon essentially fired the head of the FAA 10 days ago: Do you think you can eviscerate vast swathes of the government without consequence?
    What is even more chilling is that they know that their actions will cause many, many deaths: It’s all part of the plan. And if anyone complains they can just blame DEI, the mentally disabled, the dems, deep state etc. and their idiotic followers – plenty of examples above – will eat it up, thinking they are in on the conspiracy. I wonder will they think the same when the jackboot is on their head?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:42 AM

    @Rian O’Callaghan: Just like the pandemic response group needed to be eradicated in 2018 before he made a bollox of covid. Or how he fired thousands of USDA and FDA inspectors in his first term and relaxed food safety measures which led to things like Boars Head listeria outbreak that killed 10 people. He continues the pattern now with this FAA craic and god knows how many other federal agencies he just ended for no reason other than his own ego.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:39 AM

    Whoever the person is that is not Setanta replying here, I have you muted, but please continue screaming into the void. I’m sure your sock puppet brethren will be along soon to voice their support, offer their priceless thumbs ups and sop at the teat of your idiocy

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    Feb 5th 2025, 8:34 PM

    @Rian O’Callaghan:

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    Feb 5th 2025, 8:36 PM

    @Terence Maxwell: yep sell more orange

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:44 AM

    Meanwhile, pentagon budget for 2024 provided $824.3 billion, an increase of $26.8 billion above fiscal year 2023.
    But not enough money for air traffic controllers.
    Slow clap

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:50 AM

    @Padraic O’ Sullivan: pilot error

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:00 PM

    @Temp Stuff: The wording of the heli coming into the path of the plane, and that the jet smashed into the heli, is strange to me.
    The video of it shows the heli heading directly for the plane from it’s right, without any deviation.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:05 PM

    @Padraic O’ Sullivan: Putin sure has a lot to answer for.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:36 AM

    DEI…what an absolute joke.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:41 AM

    @Joby Redmond: even if you were right, it’s got nothing to do with this tragedy.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:49 AM

    @Harry Paisley: well tell us there Harry. Give us one paragraph on why is a DEI issue, instead of what you usually do and just go against the grain, without any fact or argument. Go on Harry, please give us your input? I would bet you never even heard of the DEI framework before. Toxic.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:38 AM

    @Harry Paisley: Pretty based response tbqh ngl famalam

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:00 PM

    @Harry Paisley: yeah because you don’t know what you’re talking about as usual.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:18 PM

    @Dermot Blaine: Are you privy to the NTSB investigation data?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:35 PM

    @Brian Hunt: No one is, least of all the buffoon whose responsibility was to express compassion for those killed, solidarity with the bereaved and support for the investigators, aircraft control personnel, regency responders, etc. You know, the buffoon who concept of doing the job of president adequately boils down to nothing more than winning the election. As you are completely out of your depth, I thought you needed the obvious pointed out to you.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:40 PM

    @Numinous20111: Auto-correct error…. emergency responders

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:52 PM

    @Numinous20111: Hi Brendan

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:33 PM

    @Harry Paisley: your a spanner

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:04 AM

    Well, I suppose the Nazi’s blamed the Jews. Now, the Trump cult blames the DEI.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:09 AM

    @Harry Paisley: Nah, that’d be Trump trying to provide explanations for his frequent mentions of Hannibal Lecter, garbled words, incomplete thoughts, conflating the names of prominent figures, and his penchant for rambling because he’s hyper-aware that people have noted that he’s making even less sense than he used to. What we’ve seen is a reflection of someone who’s very troubled and very desperate.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:05 PM

    @Harry Paisley: Haven’t said anything untrue. Trump said it. He will blame anyone on anything that suits his cult. He’s got foot in mouth disease.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:51 AM

    Disgusting, the way the leftist MSM are playing political football with this awful tragedy, I know the Left are unhinged, but it’s truly vile behaviour

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:53 AM

    @Jon Balfour: didn’t realize MSM control what Trump says. Interesting.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:56 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: what’s even more interesting is, they seem to have never heard of context either

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:58 AM

    @Joshua Walsh: trump is the perfect person to lead the US nation during a time of tragedy. His grace, his empathy, his wit are all unparalleled. MSM are just twisting his words, will someone please think of poor trump! So unfair!

    The man is a pure scald.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:24 AM

    @Jon Balfour: Nothing ‘vile’ about Trump using at tragedy to launch a rant at his predecessors then and displaying no empathy to the families? About blaming the victims before any investigation has taken place? I saw plenty of people that said they voted trump online condemning his carry on too, gave me hope that at least some of them might hold power to account.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:40 PM

    @Jon Balfour: Trump Derangement Syndrome!

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:37 PM

    Ah I see now why Dump is blaming DEI. He heard the words Black boxes and his built in racism kicked in.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 1:38 AM

    @Tony: Tell me how Trump is racist please. I’m waiting.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:44 AM

    I just seen a clip of Mr Washington’s congressional hearing to be appointed of the FAA, he didn’t look qualified.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:33 PM

    @James.s.: That may be true, and there seems some evidence that Boeings recent problems are rooted in DEI also. But this was not the time for Trump to bring it up; immediately after a tragedy and before the investigation was complete.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:38 PM

    @Fran Ken: Boeing’s problems are because they started letting accountants and management consultants control the production of aircraft instead of actual aeronautical engineers. There isn’t a shred of evidence that the DEI Boogeyman is to blame for Boeing, or for DC.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:07 PM

    This was pilot error by the helicopter pilot. Nothing more. The CRJ was on an ils approach. The helicopter pilot said he had the aircraft in sight and was told by atc to go around behind them. For some strange reason he didn’t do as instructed and fly straight into them. ATC did their job and the CRJ was where it was supposed to be.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 2:07 AM

    @Donal Martin: Incorrect. Poor communication from the ATC. He didn’t specify which direction the CRJ was approaching from. There was another CRJ departing National at the same time and they now believe the helicopter crew was looking at that. Also, the ATC should have realized that the helicopter was above it’s allowed ceiling of 200 ft in that flight corridor and should have alerted them of that error.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:05 AM

    Omg, I thought my reality had been permanently rescinded. My only grasp of existence is commentating on the Journal. My obsessive checking of the absence of likes is my anchor to my identity. Panic attack avoided.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:14 AM

    I’ll be with you soon, Miss Faithfull. Not yet. I’m still attached to the Journal’s umbilical cord. You are an icon. Let me know if it’s completely mental over there. If it’s acutely surreal, I’ll uncancel direct debit with the Beacon. Yes, I’m delaying the inevitable. I’m infantile.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:37 AM

    @Pól Pot: you alright there, chief ? I’m an occasional commentator on Journal, but it looks like you have lost the plot with those rambling comments..
    What are you on about??

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    Jan 31st 2025, 7:46 AM

    @John Bathe: Define “losing the plot”?
    Rambling? Apologies, I thought it was cohesive. You must operate on a higher plain. Enlighten me.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:07 AM

    @Pól Pot: Not making any sense. You’re back on trolling. It must be dark over there.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:14 AM

    @Bomber: It ain’t blinding me, correct. I make perfect sense. You, Bomber, are unable to decipher relatively simple philosophy. That’s why you your read the morning propaganda here. Trolling? Just bored. Give us a leg up in your field. An internship. I’ll fetch your jambons for you. I learn fast. Brown sauce?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:46 AM

    @Pól Pot: cocaine is a hell of a drug.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:49 AM

    @Setanta O’Toole: Touche. If you can get it. Can you?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 8:55 AM

    @Setanta O’Toole: Unadulterated? I’m not on the snow. Wouldn’t mind, however, for every high, there’s an equal low. Choose your pain.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:06 AM

    @Setanta O’Toole: Another time. School bell just rang. I’m teaching senior infants till 1. Hit me back.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:36 AM

    @Pól Pot: Poor aul Setanta wouldn’t recognize a good time if it kicked him unconscious, same as the majority of regular posters on this kip. I know you’re gonna have a good day, Pol! Keep it lit, don’t join Marianne just yet ; )

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    Jan 31st 2025, 9:47 AM

    @I’m a robot Robot: Like getting kicked unconscious do ya? Bit niche, but whatever your into I suppose. Think i saw you on Eurotrash before.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:57 AM

    Lads, chill. I’m after being fired for putting Eraserhead on the projector for art class. So where are we meeting up?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 4:03 PM

    @Setanta O’Toole: It’s “you’re” Not great with nuance, are you kid?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:07 PM

    @I’m a robot Robot: Not great with comebacks are you, you nuance.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:17 AM

    Where’s the the suicidal helicopter pilot theory.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:39 PM

    Trump Derangement Syndrome is very evident today!

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    Jan 31st 2025, 1:15 PM

    @Brian Hunt: How much trump coin have you bought Brian?

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    Feb 1st 2025, 1:37 AM

    @Brian Hunt: Ireland needs a TDS vaccine.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:41 AM

    No mention of a black box from the helicopter. Do military aircraft have black boxes? I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t as if, for instance, one was downed by enemy forces then the black box might disclose useful information.
    The helicopter was on a “training mission “. Pure stupidity to have military training at a busy airport. But all military stuff is stupid. The military cover up will be interesting to listen to. More spinning than a nest of spiders!

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    Jan 31st 2025, 12:14 PM

    @Padraig O’Brien: Yes they all have black boxes and both, in this instance, have been recovered.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 5:47 PM

    @Jack Hayes: as far as I read the article they’ve recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the plane, but are still searching for the equivalent ones of the helicopter

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    Feb 1st 2025, 2:16 AM

    @Padraig O’Brien: They’ve been doing this safely for many years. The ATC was doing two jobs, the airline traffic and the helicopter traffic at the same time. Normally there’s two working there, one for planes and one for the choppers, but a supervisor released one and left one to do both jobs.
    The one ATC screwed up, with poor communication and not recognizing that the chopper was above the allowed ceiling of 200 ft. in that corridor and alerting it. Obviously the helicopter pilot was also at fault for flying above that limit.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 6:29 PM

    Disgusting individuals here still defending their orange master. I appreciate most are just brain dead trls but some seem to actually believe the insane things they say.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 1:35 AM

    @FoxyBoiiYT: TDS. Look at what’s happening in Woke Ireland. It’s working out great isn’t it.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 10:31 PM

    The Federal Aviation Administration is fighting a class-action lawsuit alleging it denied 1,000 would-be air traffic controllers jobs because of diversity hiring targets — as it was revealed that staffing levels were “not normal” at the time of this week’s deadly midair collision.
    Complaints about the FAA’s hiring policies resurfaced after the American Airlines passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, killing 67 people in the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter-century.
    The crux of the lawsuit is that the FAA, under the Obama administration, dropped a skill-based system for hiring controllers and replaced it with a “biographical assessment” in an alleged bid to boost the number of minority job applicants.

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:26 PM

    @Ulick: It’s almost like there was someone in the next 4 years who could have changed that if they wanted.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 1:33 AM

    @Setanta O’Toole: Yes, Trump has already changed that.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 1:38 AM

    @Ulick: why didnt he do it the first time, if it was such a pressing concern?

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    Feb 1st 2025, 2:25 AM

    @Setanta O’Toole. It wasn’t such an issue then. Biden pushed DEI for four years and eliminated meritocracy for all government jobs. Next time you’re in a plane you might wonder if the pilot and the air traffic controller were hired for their competence, or for their skin colour or gender.

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    Feb 1st 2025, 8:04 AM

    @Ulick: but your qoute says it was an Obama policy? How wasn’t it an issue back then, if Obama brought it in?

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    Jan 31st 2025, 11:48 AM
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