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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People are focused on the assumption it was a black woman. In terms of DEI, a woman crew member of a BH of any color, white included, would absolutely be considered a DEI hire. [/quote]

Only if the credentials don’t match that of her peers. Show us her background.

Libs think DEI means black chicks and Republicans think it means people that don’t deserve it but get it anyways, probably because they’re black chicks but not always. If they’re just a chick the question remains if their credentials meet that of other high level, accident free, pilots [/quote]

I know many female ex-mil pilots who kick ass (including my primary flight instructor who now works for Delta, and a long time friend who flew F-16s), and I was assuming this woman in the role of DC VIP transport would have unquestionable credentials, because the people I know in those roles, and I know they beat out other lesser candidates. I assumed that all this childish, hateful bad mouthing would all be groundless

I am concerned that her memorial notices are saying she had 450 hours but that she earned her wings in early 2021.  That is a very shockingly low number for someone who is active duty (I would assume at least 200 hrs a year), it looks like she was Guard for some of that and was currently active duty and living in Woodbridge. I see she was working as XO and the WH and other aux roles. 
Which is fine, but in mil usually you pick a lane and go into a command track for that kind of stuff if you want to go career and get promoted (and then just fly occasionally to keep a "paper" qualification above your desk) , or you if you are not "career" (she planned on going to med school), you get your hours in and compete if you want to be picked cream-of-crop pilot roles like VIP transport that go to the best 10%.

There seems to be a mismatch that I can't logically resolve since she is in a very elite VIP unit with those few hours spread over so many years.  I am not going to fall for the DEI BS, but I am honestly trying to figure out what the chain of events  logically led her to be the PIC in this scenario. I'm a little rattled as to why she was in that situation . I'm made mistakes in the air and I've been lucky to still be here, and I am not the best pilot by any means, but somehow she was put in this situation and this was evidently an error with astounding consequences...[/quote]

I think this fits in with the overall question of why they are doing training *at all* in such a high risk setting, and if so, how they conduct it. Why we are focused on this crew for obvious reasons, the broader question is whether this was an anomaly or if they are being just as careless with training over our airports and residential neighborhoods (who among us on the Hill has not had their teeth rattle by low flying copters?)[/quote]

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