Plane crash DCA?
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Anonymous
Where's your source for this BULLSH!TE? |
Anonymous
+1 The problem isn't necessarily that there are not enough qualified men and women, but the problem is that most of the qualified men and women are choosing to do something else. The ones who are choosing to apply are not necessarily meeting the standards. Option A: lower the standards. Option B: change the incentives somehow to attract more qualified candidates. |
Anonymous
| Blaming minorities and giving Nazi salutes, implementing EOs that take away rights from a group of people that makes up less than .9% of the population… A troubling trend. |
Anonymous
But not the plane. Which is why ATC simply confirms that the helicopter has visual on the plane and directs it to fly behind. That is not a particularly challenging maneuver for a BH whereas trying to change the course of an airplane at 400ft, descending to a runway, would take heroic effort and may not be successful. Something went wrong with the helicopter. Why was it flying at 400ft when 200 is standard? Why had it crossed into the middle of the river when standard flight path would keep it on the east bank at least until it had passed DCA airspace? Why do they confirm visual on the plane but maintain path? Why don't they turn East when directed to pass behind the landing plane? Nothing ATC or the plane does here is particularly notable. Yes it's bad ATC was short-staffed and that one controller had to handle plane and helicopter traffic. But he does so. The plane is doing a standard landing, no deviations. But the helicopter is deviating from the norm in several ways. It raises questions about what was happening in the aircraft. Wonder if we'll ever get the data from the helicopter black box. I hope so, but am not counting on it. |
Anonymous
| I read multiple comments on Fox News and 80% say that Trump should not have said anything other than offering condolences, this is not even sitting right with his base. |
Anonymous
I mean, if she only got the job because she was a black woman, then yeah, DEI is to blame. |
Anonymous
This is going to turn into a DEI thing but not bc of a female pilot or any individual person. ATC is understaffed largely bc of Obama-era policy efforts to diversify all branches of gov't--and ATC historically has been the least diverse. There's been a class-action lawsuit going on since '14 I think b/c of a pretty shameful biographical pass/fail questionaire that was put into place. The DoT is going to lose this case and hopefully it gets wrapped up soon. This is a good (though not short) summary and looking at it again I just noticed that it was published exactly one year before yesterday's crash. https://www.tracingwoodgrains.com/p/the-faas-hiring-scandal-a-quick-overview https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4542755/brigida-v-united-states-department-of-transportation/?page=1 |
Anonymous
Yes he is. Terrified. He looks bad. His administration looks bad. He's all about WINNING! |
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This is what happens when you gut essential government services...people die.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/29/us/plane-crash-washington-dc Staffing was ‘not normal’ at airport tower, according to a preliminary F.A.A. report. Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision that was reviewed by The New York Times. The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways. Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one. This increases the workload for the air traffic controller and can complicate the job. One reason is that the controllers can use different radio frequencies to communicate with pilots flying planes and pilots flying helicopters. While the controller is communicating with pilots of the helicopter and the jet, the two sets of pilots may not be able to hear each other. Like most of the country’s air traffic control facilities, the tower at Reagan airport has been understaffed for years. The tower there was nearly a third below targeted staff levels, with 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023, according to the most recent Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, an annual report to Congress that contains target and actual staffing levels. The targets set by the F.A.A. and the controllers’ union call for 30. The shortage — caused by years of employee turnover and tight budgets, among other factors — has forced many controllers to work up to six days a week and 10 hours a day. The F.A.A. did not immediately respond to a request for comment. |
Anonymous
Assume we have lots of nazi trolls here and take everything not cited with a grain of salt. |
Anonymous
+1000 |
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Anonymous
Not sure where PP got that from, they didn't cite. Reddit? 4chan? I'll believe that when I see it officially. |
Anonymous
Let’s divert some $ from deporting elementary school students and hospital patients, and spend it on ATC’s!! |
Anonymous
They don’t need a source. Rs just make up whatever lies they want to tell. |