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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees 
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years

Making America Great Again![/quote]

So they sabotaged it?  I doubt that very much.  I have a higher opinion of FAA employees than you do.[/quote]

Not sabotage. Stress.

Remember that one of Trump’s people said their goal was to “traumatize federal employees.”  [/quote]

Was this actually an ATC error? I thought it was mainly the helicopter error.[/quote]

No one knows yet. [/quote]

To me, it does look like some element of ATC error.  It clearly was not communicating to both the helicopter and the airplane that they were headed straight for each other and need to take action.  [/quote]

That’s not true, the tower clearly advised the helicopter about the traffic, which plane it was and where it was going. Then they confirm visual separation. Then they actually do see it and tell the helicopter to go behind the plane. I don’t think there’s any way from what we could hear that the tower would anticipate the helicopter flying into the plane, but obviously we have limited info. But the tower does contact the helicopter before the crash.

It’s also amazing how he stayed so calm and redirected the other planes, especially that American pilot who was kind of a d$& about it. [/quote]

But clearly the helicopter didn’t understand which plane the ATC had identified and that is part of the problem.  We don’t know all of what was said, but it’s the ATCs job to make sure all the planes headed into the runway are aware of each other, on correct course and don’t collide, and that didn’t happen.  [/quote]

Did you listen to the ATC recording? That did happen. The controller confirmed with the BH pilot that he saw the airplane. The pilot confirmed he did. [/quote]

Unclear if BH pilot was talking about the Wichita  jet about to land on runway 33.

If a BH pilot wrongly assumed runway 1 or the next jet down the line. Bad news. MIs communication. MIs understanding. Neither should be happening in the air travel world. Crystal clear directions and identifications. [/quote]

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