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    Executive Actions Affecting Transportation

    2025 Presidential Actions
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    These executive order (EO) summaries are based on a cursory review; our lawyers and policy professionals continue to analyze these documents, and the directives they contain. Among other things, some of the directed actions may present significant constitutional questions that could be litigated and subsequently overturned or blocked.


    January 30, 2025

    Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety

    An EO directing the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration to review all hiring decisions and changes to safety protocols made during the prior four years, and to take action as necessary to achieve uncompromised aviation safety, including the replacement of any individuals who do not meet qualification standards.
     
    January 21, 2025

    Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation

    An EO directing the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to immediately discontinue all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices. It also directs the Secretary of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administrator to undertake a review of the past performance and performance standards of all individuals in critical safety positions and take all appropriate actions to replace any individual who has failed to demonstrate the requisite capability. A fact sheet on the EO can be found on the White House website.