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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did people read the NYT article yesterday?  I understand there were many things that went wrong that night, including understaffing in the tower, but why the hell was a pilot with inferior flying skills in the area that night?  I was struck by the description of her lack of talent as a pilot.  I’m sorry if that is hurtful to her family.[/quote]

Can someone paste the relevant part, or post a link to the article?[/quote]

[url]https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/us/politics/dc-plane-helicopter-crash.html[/url]

[b]....That same week, Mr. Eaves, assigned to give her the annual flight exam, told his girlfriend that he feared Captain Lobach was unprepared for the flight, according to an N.T.S.B. interview document.[/b][/quote]
Completely unrelated to the point of this article but I noticed they reference his girlfriend...but his obituaries mentioned his widow and children. So, is this just an error and they interviewed his wife? Or like...what cause the alternative is [b]this is how his wife finds out he had an affair.[/b][/quote]

Really, man/woman? This is what you are wondering ?[/quote]
Yes, that is my only concern in all of this. (I'll note that was sarcasm for you.)

I immediately said "Completely not the point of this article," implying I understand the point of the article. I am simply confused how this man's gf was interviewed by NTSB when he was married. Did the NTSB identify her as his gf incorrectly? I would hope that they are being very detail oriented in the investigation, so that wouldn't be great.[/quote]

Are you suggesting that the report is a fabrication?[/quote]
This is clearly going over your head, so let me be very, very explicit for you:

Misidentifying someone as a "girlfriend" when they were a wife is a mistake that may not seem like much, but to me, it indicates that the NTSB is not paying much attention to details. They interviewed this woman themselves, according to the report, so it's not like they're relying on information from a third party who got it wrong. It is concerning that in the investigation of a passenger jet crash they would get something so blatantly wrong. [/quote]

[b]It is not a misidentification. There was a wife and a (separate) girlfriend. It is in the next-of-kin interview transcripts in the NTSB docket.[/b]

There is also a suggestion that the female pilot might have had undiagnosed ADHD. Again, it is in the next-of-kin interviews.[/quote]
Just read it. The wife says they were reconciling (they were separated because he'd had an affair in the past) and lived together part time, but the girlfriend says they had been together for two years and were moving to Alabama together after his assignment at Ft. Belvoir was up. Sounds like the wife was unaware of that.

Look, I know this is not the point but my god I feel bad for the wife.[/quote]

So, Eaves was a scumbag and wife suffers,  and both girlfriend( is this even the right term here) and wife got played?[/quote]
Evidently. The wife said they were “reconciling” and had just bought a home together and the girlfriend said he was separated. I feel bad so bad for the wife. She thought things were getting better and the whole time was getting played.[/quote]

And now she cannot even call him out or get any sort of closure. I’m sure there is a lot of complex grief going on. I realize this isn’t the point of the investigation, but I feel bad for her in all of this too. And their kids. Even if they don’t know the details now I’m sure they’ll learn it all as adults. [/quote]
Thankfully, the children were not his. They were her ex-husband's. She was a widow; she told investigators her ex died of Army-related cancer. This woman has had just a horrific life, and I feel terrible for her.

I hope her next act brings her closure and a man who treats her well. Her second marriage certainly didn't.[/quote]

Oh wow, my heart goes out to her. And the kids. Even though Eaves wasn’t their dad that is a lot of loss (dad from cancer then cheating step dad from a horrible plane/helo crash) for anyone, especially children.

I hope he at least had some decent life insurance that all goes to her and she can have a brighter future ahead.[/quote]
I thought the same thing today when I read the interviews and realized he was a cheater. I hope she got everything and takes those kids somewhere fun for vacation this year.

I do feel bad. She said as much in the interview that Eaves was in their life since they were young and they called him Dad, so it is a lot for them, I'm sure.

Meanwhile, she was the breadwinner. She said she worked at GW and was making more than him. So, good for her. Between his insurance and her nursing career I am sure brighter days are ahead. She's only 38 or 39 which is crazy.[/quote]

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