Fontanelle, IA | tmrand - 2/4/2025 19:34
Kind of late back to the party but here goes. I won't touch Gaza.
On the plane crash.............I've studied it probably more than your average news consumer (Perhaps not, how would I know?) I don't necessarily directly blame DEI for the cause..........but I also believe it could have been somewhat responsible. Your statement obviously shows that you believe it has NOTHING to do with it. Me, I'm more open minded. I'm not throwing anyone under the bus just yet..........but I'll assume that just maybe (haha)Trump is privy to more info than us.
Just a couple of things that catch my attention. First, the traffic controllers admit that they are under-staffed across our nation. Simultaneously we are learning that competent white male workers were denied jobs. I'm not sure how much this relates to this wreck..............but am willing to wait and hear the final reason and see if under-staffing could perhaps have contributed.
Second, the pilot, who had her hand on the wheel so to speak, was a female that was definitely lower on the spectrum of total hours flown. Yet here she was flying in our nation's Capital right in the middle of evidently very busy air traffic. Was there some political reason for that scenario being in play? I'm not sure, but it sounds a tad suspicious. I'm willing to wait and hear an answer..............and have not been blasting anyone about these thoughts. But you asked. At the very least you shouldn't have already made up your mind by now............unless you're completely a close minded individual.
I've read a lot of Clay SEIA's take on aviation on the Reagan airport/helo crash.
But, I must admit that the air traffic controllers shortage reeks of "check box" hires influence. The air controllers today (regardless of color, creed, religion, background) have to be some of the absolute best because air travel is still the safest mode of transportation within the US and probably abroad. But, if there is a shortage and those crews are being overworked because positions aren't backfilled/cant get enough applicants ...... then something is WRONG with the screening & hiring process or the folks doing the screening & hiring.
As to the helo pilot, if the altimeter wasnt working, then that bird should have been grounded ESPECIALLY considering the close proximity that chopper is operating within/among CIVILIAN aircraft. Patrolling on the Potomac in peacetime with Faulty equipment around a busy airport has to be the biggest lapse of judgement at the most inopportune time of the pilot & crew's careers. this wasnt Vietnam with mass wounded US GI's short on ammo trying to operate around a Hot LZ taking fire where courageous pilots said "F it, I don't need to know my altitude because I'm not leaving....."
one thing that has also nagged a little on me. i'm also wondering why "eye & muscle memory" also didn't play into this more.... if this was a routine patrol route that the pilot & crew had run on numerous occasions, at some point i'd like to think that since the landmarks and lights on the landmarks don't change elevation, that the pilots and crew might "notice" a difference in the altitude? Yes, i realize it's night but the lights might have helped "navigate/differentiate altitude" simply by angle of view of the pilot? (maybe akin to a lighthouse on a coast). I don't care if my thought sounds dumb to some on NAT as maybe i'm just extrapolating what/how Blue Angel pilots explain their pre-show training routines /runs in their classroom.
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So is this what we wanted?
