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He didn't appear to know much about DIA either. Cruz annihilated him.HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:30 pmHe is the CEO of Denver International Airport. How did he get that job?smackaholic wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 9:57 pm Besides being balck, did that dude have ANY qualifications that might have made him suitable for the job at FAA?
And yet a 34-time felon, woman rapist, multiple bankruptcied “businessman” and Nazi Socialist of the Fourth Reich is somehow the leader of the free world.HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2025 10:30 pm He is the CEO of Denver International Airport. How did he get that job?
You have a point. Should have been thirty, only had 19, and the budget barely allowed for those 19?Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 3:06 amWelp, those federal employee buyouts ought to help with staffing.The Seer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 31, 2025 2:45 amI too initially agreed his political screed was cringeworthy. However, as facts roll in, maybe there is a THERE THERE.
Staffing Was ‘Not Normal’ at Reagan Airport Tower, According to F.A.A. Report
The report, reviewed by The New York Times, said that one controller was communicating with both helicopters and planes. Those jobs are typically assigned to two people, not one.
Staffing at the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic,” according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision that was reviewed by The New York Times.
The controller who was handling helicopters in the airport’s vicinity Wednesday night was also instructing planes that were landing and departing from its runways.
Those jobs typically are assigned to two controllers, rather than one. This increases the workload for the air traffic controller and can complicate the job. One reason is that the controllers can use different radio frequencies to communicate with pilots flying planes and pilots flying helicopters. While the controller is communicating with pilots of the helicopter and the jet, the two sets of pilots may not be able to hear each other.
Like most of the country’s air traffic control facilities, the tower at Reagan airport has been understaffed for years. The tower there was nearly a third below targeted staff levels, with 19 fully certified controllers as of September 2023, according to the most recent Air Traffic Controller Workforce Plan, an annual report to Congress that contains target and actual staffing levels. The targets set by the F.A.A. and the controllers’ union call for 30.
The shortage — caused by years of employee turnover and tight budgets, among other factors — has forced many controllers to work up to six days a week and 10 hours a day.
The F.A.A. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Every year when I visit family in Oregon. Honestly, I've never had a problem and have enjoyed the stop. Gives one a chance to grab a beer and a bite to eat with a leisurely migration to the next gate. Maybe it's different for business and/or peak season travelers.
She lost her gig as a White House fluffer and now needed stick time that didn't involve a dick in her face. They were trying to hide her to buy time to scrub her social media would be my guess.Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:53 pmSo she's not tranny. They were trying to hide her because she was a Biden White House aide, instead? Ok. Whatever.
Damn, I missed this.mvscal wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:05 pmShe lost her gig as a White House fluffer and now needed stick time that didn't involve a dick in her face.Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 3:53 pmSo she's not tranny. They were trying to hide her because she was a Biden White House aide, instead? Ok. Whatever.
Long overdue.Left Seater wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:46 pm https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-r ... 025-01-31/
So the FAA has now closed parts of helicopter routes 1 and 4 near National Airport. This seems overdue.
I'm glad he brought this up: "The crew chief might be conducting a fuel check, where we would also be looking up into the cockpit at the fuel gages and the clock. This CAN lead to moments where all 3 people on the aircraft are all looking inside the aircraft."Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:49 pmLong overdue.Left Seater wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:46 pm https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-r ... 025-01-31/
So the FAA has now closed parts of helicopter routes 1 and 4 near National Airport. This seems overdue.
It looks like the pilot of the UH-60 will be found at fault. But it sounds like sending the Blackhawks through DCA airspace was a disaster waiting to happen.
My understanding is that 4 is preferred but not mandatory in combat or contested airspace, and 3 is perfectly normal on test or training flights.Innocent Bystander wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 9:49 pmI'm glad he brought this up: "The crew chief might be conducting a fuel check, where we would also be looking up into the cockpit at the fuel gages and the clock. This CAN lead to moments where all 3 people on the aircraft are all looking inside the aircraft."Diego in Seattle wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 3:49 pmLong overdue.Left Seater wrote: ↑Mon Feb 03, 2025 12:46 pm https://www.reuters.com/world/us/faa-r ... 025-01-31/
So the FAA has now closed parts of helicopter routes 1 and 4 near National Airport. This seems overdue.
It looks like the pilot of the UH-60 will be found at fault. But it sounds like sending the Blackhawks through DCA airspace was a disaster waiting to happen.
Someone else claims they flew without a crew chief on the lefthand side. If there were 3 crew members were there supposed to be four? If 3 is the correct size, what is this dude talking about?
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Here's the leaked video which got two airport employees arrested for releasing it. What does it look like to you?Left Seater wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:01 am I am now hearing unconfirmed information that the American jet increased its pitch just before the collision. This could be a sign that they were attempting to climb right before impact. If this is the case then we will probably hear a call of aircraft or climb or go around.
All speculation based on the unconfirmed info. But it sound plausible. Sadly modern turbofan engines take a bit of time to make power when the power setting is changed. It would take 3 to 5 seconds from recognition to throttle change to actually increasing altitude.
This is why on short runways you feel and hear the engines go to takeoff power before the pilots release the brakes. See also carrier take offs and landings.
Left Seater wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 1:45 pm What I can’t wrap my head around is why were helicopters even allowed anywhere near that area? And if there is some need, why aren’t they at 2500 feet?
This^^^^.HighPlainsGrifter wrote:Left Seater wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2025 1:45 pm What I can’t wrap my head around is why were helicopters even allowed anywhere near that area? And if there is some need, why aren’t they at 2500 feet?
My guess, the Army has a bunch of hotheads lane splitting flight patterns like like yobbos on motorbikes.
She was a shit pilot and rusty as all fuck. No idea what the other two idiots were doing. Clearly neither of them were looking out the fucking window.HighPlainsGrifter wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 4:33 am
My guess, the Army has a bunch of hotheads lane splitting flight patterns like like yobbos on motorbikes.