Breitbart Reports: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been criticized for its latest diversity and inclusion hiring initiative.

The FAA is implementing a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative that specifically targets individuals with disabilities, including “severe intellectual” disabilities, psychiatric disorders, and other physical conditions.

According to the FAA, Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. The targeted disabilities are:

• Hearing (total deafness in both ears)
• Vision (Blind)
• Missing Extremities
• Partial Paralysis
• Complete Paralysis, Epilepsy
• Severe intellectual disability
• Psychiatric disability
• Dwarfism

This initiative falls under the umbrella of the Department of Transportation, overseen by Secretary Pete Buttigieg. The FAA, a pivotal government agency responsible for regulating civil aviation, employs approximately 45,000 individuals, according to FOX News.

The timing of this initiative is noteworthy, particularly given the recent scrutiny faced by the FAA and the airline industry following a malfunctioning incident involving a Boeing 737 Max 9 during an Alaska Airlines flight.