Poorly trained pilot that happened to be a woman. What is going with training and pilot selection that a pilot making so many errors is flying Blackhawks. I don’t know if being a woman has anything to do with pilot selection- if there is a percentage of women needed in each class- but it should be looked into |
Link or it’s a lie |
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/father-of-american-airlines-pilot-killed-in-washington-dc-crash-it-hurts-so-bad-7602192/amp/1 “He believes the commercial jet followed proper procedures, but the military helicopter made a tragic error.” |
That’s a snippet that is a mischaracterization of what he said, albeit he’s not remotely an objective source. From a similar article from this dad: After watching the video, Tim Lilley said it seemed as though “Sam was flying just the way he was supposed to.” “Totally speculation on my part. If they were wearing [night vision goggles], I’ve seen this before, where it’s almost impossible to see an aircraft where it’s backlit by a city,” Tim Lilley posited. “I don’t want to blame, you know, my brothers that fly Black Hawks,” he clarified. “I flew them for 20 years, and I love those guys.” It will take months to actually know what happened. Part of the investigation will revolve around an interaction with air traffic control in the final moments before the collision. |
No reason this training route should be happening. DCA has known challenges. You don’t add risks to civilians by doing this. Dumb. Irresponsible. |
It’s not mischaracterization. He doesn’t want to point a finger before the investigation is complete, but it’s pretty clear who he thinks was in the wrong |
The father is also lobbying to have military cease flight operations at civilian airports, revamp training for pilots, and require military helicopters to use TCAS (collision avoidance system) when in class B airspace https://www.foxnews.com/us/grieving-father-dc-plane-crash-pilot-calls-out-government-air-regulations-written-blood.amp |
Prob diff in class hours, briefing sessions, and hours in the air, per year. Military brass would know the programs. Pearl Harbor f15s go up at 9:30am every single day. Same pilots. |
Maybe training and review time has changed the last 10 years. Maybe once you’re out of formal training instead of group or team reviews it’s DIY while you do your day job admin tasks. |
Excellent |
Don't MAGAs like to vacation too? WTH? |
Those sound like sensible and needed changes. |
+1 |