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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by lazide on Saturday February 08, 2025 @10:41AM (#42983651)
I’m saying going out of your way to get people from a specific organization that you are also a member of hired where you work, is cronyism.

Also, going out of your way to hire people of specific skin color where you work, is racism.

Seems like a bunch of folks at the FAA were doing both here, yes?

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by handoflixue on Sunday February 09, 2025 @02:04AM (#42989038)
Totally agreed on this being racist, illegal, and just absurdly unethical. I just think the way you're understanding the word "cronyism" is going to lead to a lot of confusion, because it's not the way most people use it.

I'll offer up the Wikipedia definition, since it is perhaps slightly clearer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronyism defines it as "friends or trusted colleagues".

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