Aviation Crashes and other FAA News

[superrific]

I don't have any background to assess how good this guy is, but he explanation seems thorough and makes a ton of sense.

If his analysis is correct, there was zero Tower error.

I don't think there's much to debate here. Unless he edited the audio, it paints a clear picture of what happened. He's speculating that the copter had eyes on a different craft, but whatever the reason, the copter fucked up and the tower did amazingly well. I would have completely lost my shit if I saw that collision, and they are doing their jobs as if nothing happened (i.e. what they should be doing). And there's no training for that shit either. They just watched dozens of people die and did their jobs.

In fact, everybody there seemed to do their jobs just fine except the copter.

Again, unless he edited the audio, but why would he?

 

[roostra]

I don't think there's much to debate here. Unless he edited the audio, it paints a clear picture of what happened. He's speculating that the copter had eyes on a different craft, but whatever the reason, the copter fucked up and the tower did amazingly well. I would have completely lost my shit if I saw that collision, and they are doing their jobs as if nothing happened (i.e. what they should be doing). And there's no training for that shit either. They just watched dozens of people die and did their jobs.

In fact, everybody there seemed to do their jobs just fine except the copter.

Again, unless he edited the audio, but why would he?

I don't have any reason to believe any funny business has happened with the audio - I just like to hedge my statements when they are based on information that I can't independently confirm on my own (or through someone else)

 

[superrific]

I don't have any reason to believe any funny business has happened with the audio - I just like to hedge my statements when they are based on information that I can't independently confirm on my own (or through someone else)

I didn't mean to be criticizing you. I think we agree here, and the instinct to learn before spouting is a good one. And I don't think there's anything up with the audio either. Just a standard disclaimer.

 

[roostra]

I didn't mean to be criticizing you. I think we agree here, and the instinct to learn before spouting is a good one. And I don't think there's anything up with the audio either. Just a standard disclaimer.

No sweat - I certainly didn't take it as criticism

 

[lawtig02]

I don't have any background to assess how good this guy is, but he explanation seems thorough and makes a ton of sense.

If his analysis is correct, there was zero Tower error.

Any chance we could replace Trump with this guy?

 

[JCTarheel82]

Enoki?

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

More disastrous things have happened in the last 11 days and 30 minutes than in the four years of Biden's presidency. Any MAGAs want to point to American airliners blown out of the sky by Army helicopters while Biden was in control?

"blown out of the sky"?

More disastrous things have happened in the last 11 days and 30 minutes than in the four years of Biden's presidency. Any MAGAs want to point to American airliners blown out of the sky by Army helicopters while Biden was in control?

what? “blown out of the sky”? As if this or any flights that have concluded safely are directly attributable to a president?

 

[lawtig02]

"blown out of the sky"?

what? “blown out of the sky”? As if this or any flights that have concluded safely are directly attributable to a president?

Yeah, I’m going to refer that complaint to President Trump.

 

[farce©]

"blown out of the sky"?

what? “blown out of the sky”? As if this or any flights that have concluded safely are directly attributable to a president?

LOL

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

LOL

Explain

 

[farce©]

Explain

You’ve completely missed the point of the hyperbole you quoted.

 

[sringwal]

Explain

 

[sringwal]

what? “blown out of the sky”? As if this or any flights that have concluded safely are directly attributable to a president?

Textbook irony.

 

[whatntarnation]

 

[C-Money]

Trump doesn’t seem aware that the buyout memo was sent to federal employees who don’t work from home.

 

[nycfan]

 

[05C40]

One perspective, seems to me a good one:

Absolutely the best explanation I have seen/heard.

 

[Icky Mettle]

Learned tonight that one of the passengers— a mother of two from Charlotte— was at my sister-in-law’s 30th birthday party (which was 11 years ago). I was there as well. I may have met her. She dated one of my sister-in-law’s coworkers at the time.

 

[dukeman92]

Look at this fucking bullshit executive order from Trump:

Immediate Assessment of Aviation Safety

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT:

www.whitehouse.gov

I would invite anyone to defend this. An executive order just to hurl unfounded blame at his predecessor and smear all FAA employees as potentially having intellectual disabilities. When he don’t yet know if any FAS employee did a single thing wrong.

Someone, please, tell me one advantage of having someone so thin skinned and cowardly running our country.

I’m tired, y’all.

 

[farce©]

Learned tonight that one of the passengers— a mother of two from Charlotte— was at my sister-in-law’s 30th birthday party (which was 11 years ago). I was there as well. I may have met her. She dated one of my sister-in-law’s coworkers at the time.

Wendy Schaffer? Link