Anonymous wrote:Besides the distraction of Trump’s finger pointing.

Has Trump or Hegseth said anything about what the US government, in particular the military, is doing right now to prevent another such catastrophe?

Trump and Hegseth are in charge. What are they doing?

spouting the bible and white nationalism

Journalists and others need to stop using the phrase DEI policy when reporting on this or taking to Trump. Call him out.

Don’t say DEI policy. Say “do you blame this accident on policies to allow incompetent blacks, Hispanics or women in the military? Do you blame the FAA for hiring an unqualified black man or an unqualified woman or Hispanic person?”

Make sure MAGA blacks Hispanics and women hear his word over and over again. He is hiding behind the DEI phrase.

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Anonymous wrote:We don't have a new Sec of Transportation yet, do we? Nobody is going to want that job after this.

We do. He’s a MAGA reality tv nitwit, just like Trump.

Sean Duffy is not a nitwit. He's probably one of the most level-headed people in the new administration. His wife, however, I may feel differently.

Anonymous wrote:We don't have a new Sec of Transportation yet, do we? Nobody is going to want that job after this.

We do. He’s a MAGA reality tv nitwit, just like Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:DEI Hire = A more deserving White man, and when one is feeling charitable, a White woman, should have been hired instead of a non-White person.

Shame on all of you hyper partisan fools for turning this tragedy into one of your hate filled back and forth exchanges. You're all part of the problem and not a solution.

It starts with Trump who blamed the tragedy on DEI hired.

It turns out, every single person associated with this was a white male. Your ire is misplaced.

Please tell us how you know they were Male. What’s the tell?
It can’t be because they had a p_enis though…..

You are so desperate to pin this on trans/DEI or something other than what it actually was. It is really quite sad for you.

DEI is a subversive cancer. It erodes everything over time as more and more idiots get promoted and competent men check out.

In my experience, it's just as often been the white men who are completely incompetent, but got the job they have just because they are white men.

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And for those of your spouting on about DEI, understand, that it is the new N-word or CRT or "states rights" - it is a racist trope that you have bought into lock, stock and barrel.

Omg, give it a rest.

No one can criticize DEI without being deemed and racist even though DEI itself is racist. Give me a break.

This country voted the way it did because it is so fed up with DEI garbage. No one is buying the poop you're peddling. DEI went overboard. Now the backlash anti-DEI is going overboard.

You all have lost your minds. ID politics is so toxic.

And yet, the majority of Americans support DEI.

https://www.axios.com/2025/01/17/diversity-initiatives-workers-trump

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article299053395.html

What is toxic is white christian nationalists cramming their christian nationalism on to the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides the distraction of Trump’s finger pointing.

Has Trump or Hegseth said anything about what the US government, in particular the military, is doing right now to prevent another such catastrophe?

Trump and Hegseth are in charge. What are they doing?

If it were human error, I'm not sure what they could do to prevent that?

You would act like a leader. Properly investigate, gather information, and put together protocols / plans to avoid it happening in the future, whatever the cause. You know, do your job, right?

Right. That's what why we have things like checklists and protocols, to reduce the chance of human error and bad outcomes.

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Anonymous wrote:DEI Hire = A more deserving White man, and when one is feeling charitable, a White woman, should have been hired instead of a non-White person.

Shame on all of you hyper partisan fools for turning this tragedy into one of your hate filled back and forth exchanges. You're all part of the problem and not a solution.

It starts with Trump who blamed the tragedy on DEI hired.

It turns out, every single person associated with this was a white male. Your ire is misplaced.

Please tell us how you know they were Male. What’s the tell?
It can’t be because they had a p_enis though…..

You are so desperate to pin this on trans/DEI or something other than what it actually was. It is really quite sad for you.

DEI is a subversive cancer. It erodes everything over time as more and more idiots get promoted and competent men check out.

In my experience, it's just as often been the white men who are completely incompetent, but got the job they have just because they are white men.

+1

And for those of your spouting on about DEI, understand, that it is the new N-word or CRT or "states rights" - it is a racist trope that you have bought into lock, stock and barrel.

Omg, give it a rest.

No one can criticize DEI without being deemed and racist even though DEI itself is racist. Give me a break.

This country voted the way it did because it is so fed up with DEI garbage. No one is buying the poop you're peddling. DEI went overboard. Now the backlash anti-DEI is going overboard.

You all have lost your minds. ID politics is so toxic.

DEI is there BECAUSE of white power and racism. You have it backwards and have drunk the kool-aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides the distraction of Trump’s finger pointing.

Has Trump or Hegseth said anything about what the US government, in particular the military, is doing right now to prevent another such catastrophe?

Trump and Hegseth are in charge. What are they doing?

If it were human error, I'm not sure what they could do to prevent that?

You would act like a leader. Properly investigate, gather information, and put together protocols / plans to avoid it happening in the future, whatever the cause. You know, do your job, right?

According to the MCJROTC program at Parkview High School in Lilburn, Ryan O'Hara, Class of 2014, was the crew chief of the Black Hawk involved in the collision near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. O'Hara was on the MCJROTC rifle team and was fondly remembered as a guy who would fix things around the ROTC gym.

(Atlanta Fox affiliate)

Sam Lilley graduated in 2018 with a degree in marketing but decided to become a pilot. He had earlier graduated from Richmond Hill High School, just south of Savannah, Georgia, where he had been an active member of Coastal Community Christian Church.

His father: “This is undoubtedly the worst day of my life,” said Timothy Lilley, who also is a longtime pilot and served as a U.S. Army helicopter pilot for 20 years, noting he flew similar routes in and out of the Pentagon.

Ryan O’Hara was one of three soldiers aboard the Black Hawk helicopter.

“Ryan was just the most committed, disciplined person I remember working with,” said Josh Muehlendorf, a senior instructor pilot in the U.S. Army. “He had such great integrity.”

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said on the social platform X that the state was mourning the death of Andrew Eaves, who was also aboard the Army helicopter.

Eaves was from the small town of Brooksville in eastern Mississippi, Reeves said.
Reaves was apparently the pilot:
As per reports, Eaves was the Chief Warrant Office 2 of Mississippi. He grew up in the Brooksville and graduated from Central Academy. He said to be with Bravo Company, 12th Aviation Battalion out of Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
"Andrew was a kind, loving, fun-loving and patriotic man," Eaves' family said in a statement. "He loved his wife and kids fiercely and would have done anything to take care of them. He was a great son and loved his mom and brother dearly. He was an absolute joy to be around and would light up every room he entered, and was always the life of the party. He was a true all-American hero, and will be deeply missed by anyone lucky enough to have known him."

From AP, Economic Times, and WAPT, an ABC affiliate in Jackson.

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Anonymous wrote:Besides the distraction of Trump’s finger pointing.

Has Trump or Hegseth said anything about what the US government, in particular the military, is doing right now to prevent another such catastrophe?

Trump and Hegseth are in charge. What are they doing?

If it were human error, I'm not sure what they could do to prevent that?

Perhaps you think it’s acceptable for a military helicopter to fly into a commercial plane and kill everyone. I expect more from the president and department of defense that I support with my tax dollars.

If you’re in charge, you don’t get to just shrug your shoulders and say, human error, oh well.

You need to put your big boy pants on tell the country what you’re doing to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

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They were turned away because of the color of their skin,” Vice President JD Vance said of air traffic controllers. “That policy ends under Donald Trump’s leadership.”

We do not know what led to this crash, but we have some very strong opinions and ideas,” he said. “And I think we'll probably state those opinions now, because over the years I've watched as things like this happen and they say, ‘Well, we're always investigating.’”

How long do we have to listen to this garbage? Now this tragedy will turn into a race issue and the country won’t be able to get together and grieve for these people.

Well, see for yourself. He can't answer questions about the FAA job he is being considered for. Why is that?


Biden's Nominee To Lead FAA Can't Answer A Single Question About Aviation & Air Travel Ted Budd Asks

We don't have a new Sec of Transportation yet, do we? Nobody is going to want that job after this.

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Anonymous wrote:I do wonder if it were suicide

No, they were flying too high. Maybe their altimeter was broken? That seems more likely than a suicide.

Ahhh ok, thanks. I had just been reading that they flew straight into the plane with no lessening of speed or change in altitude.

The helicopter did fly straight into the plane at the wrong altitude.

Yes, thanks. It's just that I hadn't thought of instruments possibly not working correctly.

Anonymous wrote:Besides the distraction of Trump’s finger pointing.

Has Trump or Hegseth said anything about what the US government, in particular the military, is doing right now to prevent another such catastrophe?

Trump and Hegseth are in charge. What are they doing?

Yes, that's what I'm wondering as well. I've flown in/out of DCA 100+ times in the past 20 years. I'm obviously aware that we have a great deal of helicopter traffic in our region, but the idea that a training flight could cross paths with a landing flight path is haunting.