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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i] Jonathan Koziol, a retired Army chief warrant officer with more than 30 years of flight experience, told reporters that the flight was a nighttime qualification flight with an instructor pilot evaluating an experienced pilot on the flight routes that their unit routinely flies day and night around the Potomac River…

Koziol confirmed that the instructor pilot had more than 1,000 flight hours and that the pilot being evaluated had more than 500 hours. The evaluated pilot was in command of the flight, but if an emergency was to occur the instructor would have taken control of the helicopter.

Koziol said the maximum altitude for this route is 200 feet; the helicopter appeared to be flying at about 350 feet, according to sources.

Part of the unit’s responsibility is to fly VIPs around the D.C. area, and that includes getting them out of the area if "something really bad happens," he said, "so they do need to be able to understand the environment, the air traffic, the routes, to ensure the safe travel of our senior leaders throughout our government[/i]

Koziol is chief of staff for Army aviation.

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/live-updates/dc-crash-live-updates-trump-says-confluence-of-bad-decisions-that-were-made-118247845

Hesgeth also stated that the helo flight is continuity related (which T didn’t understand when asked at his presser 🤦‍♀️)

Now I understand why they would have the training flights on that route
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I dunno, the whole “we need to practice to get the *important* people out so we’re going to put civilians at risk” thing doesn’t sit well with me.

Also makes me question why we have everyone centralized in DC in the first place. Makes more sense to spread everyone out, and if we need a central location to meet, have it out in the middle of nowhere so we don’t even need to get people out.

Especially with technology nowadays, in-person is really obsolete. [/quote]

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