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On the recordJuly 19, 2021
More than 13 percent of the U.S. population is Black. Yet only 3.4 percent of commercial pilots are Black.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon

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DeFazio addresses the racial disparity among commercial pilots.

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