An amendment to a House transportation and housing appropriations bill would cut funding for the controversial biological questionnaire used by the FAA to pre-screen candidates for air traffic control training. In proposing the amendment, Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Ill., said the FAA needs to stop using that part of the controller hiring process in light of allegations that at least one FAA employee supplied answers to a group of candidates before they took the questionnaire. "Given the disturbing revelations of cheating, the FAA's Bio Q test is tainted and should no longer be used in the air traffic control hiring process," Hultgren said in proposing the amendment, which was passed by the House last week. The FAA has yet to publicly acknowledge the cheating allegations and did not respond to our request for comment Sunday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/recent-updates/business-military/bill-to-cut-atc-test-funding