Article 13199 of the Pan-European Constitution:
‘No person shall be prejudiced from employment in any capacity, at any level, by reason of age, race, creed or incompitence.’
He’s CiC of the Armed Forces, which means the Blackhawk flying across an approach for a commercial flight is his fault.
If we really want to use the same level of ignorance as him…
That would be an awesome presser question:
“As CIC, you are responsible for the helicopter crashing into the plane. Will you fire yourself?”
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He’s signed an executive order basically blaming the crash on DEI. This is actually insane behavior.
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would an FAA official not simply receive the instruction to review, complete a review in the time it has taken me to write this post and then reply “review completed, all is well”?
else it confirms the absurdity that POTUS is correct in his statement and the FAA have been putting safety at risk??
there is a process in place, that only those qualified can do the job - if they have the qualification what else is the FAA expected to do other than raise the threshold of the “pass” which has been in place for decades?
Aren’t jets supposed to give way to helos?
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INTRUMPETENCE (noun)
/ɪn-ˈtrʌm-pə-təns/
- A profound state of obliviousness to one’s own incompetence, often accompanied by excessive confidence and loud declarations of expertise.
- The act of failing spectacularly while remaining convinced of one’s unparalleled skill.
Example: Despite his repeated blunders, his intrumpetence led him to believe he was the smartest person in the room.
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The most manoeuvrable give way, iirc.
So a helicopter can literally stop moving, ergo helicopter gives way.
I think.
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this is correct,
but they were also in controlled airspace under the instruction of an Air Traffic Controller, the Blackhawk was given instructions to “pass behind CRJ” which is a clear indication of where it should be in the air…
…it is clear based on the reporting on the 10 o’clock BBC News last night there are doubts the Blackhawk had correctly identified the traffic in question - was it passing behind “No1 on approach to land” in the belief it was the CRJ700, rather than “No2 on approach” (the CRJ)?
looking at this flight trace, it is easy to see that how the Blackhawk has “passed behind” the aircraft landing infront of AA Flight 5342 - even more so if the CRJ700 has been incorrectly identified
source: What we know about American Airlines plane crash in Washington DC - BBC News
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From the UK regulations:
(a) flying machines shall give way to airships, gliders and balloons;
You can have a helicopter tearing along at a good speed, certainly matching or exceeding the approach speed of a medium jet. I think from memory that the USA Part 91 regs say similar.
If I was on final approach (less than 1000 ft), I would never expect any instructions to break off the approach, any traffic in contact with the same air traffic agency would be instructed to de-conflict, either by a heading change or variation in altitude. I only remember one unusual event - the need to get HEMS traffic in ahead, so we were given a racetrack to then continue the approach.
USA rules - well, huge pressure to cancel IFR to go visual as soon as possible; that puts the onus on the pilot to maintain visual separation. Same for being given clearance to land with 3 - 4 aircraft ahead!! I’ve been given landing clearanc e as #1, but air traffic told an aircraft in the visual pattern to cut across = a TCAS event , go around, much to their annoyance, mucked up their traffic sequencing; we were at about 1500 ft - TCAS has several degrees of mode inhibition at / below 900 ft - you don’t want to take a dirty dive to avoid!!
As for seeing another aircraft at night, even at an airfield away from large conurbations, it ain’t easy. I’ve operated into Washington at night, & the huge sea of city lights is overwhelming, with lots of tall buildings with red warning lights (albeit not flashing normally). With such an overload of lights, I’ve mistaken (briefly!) an emergency vehicle on the ground (red flashing lights) for an aircraft, several times.
The airspace by Ronald Reagan airport is exceptionally busy & to me, allowing a low-level helicopter route along the river isn’t sensible. Seemingly, there was a TCAS event with a pax jet / helicopter only the day before this tragedy.
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It would also seem that in America in general, but there especially, helicopters are often passing though in visual seperation. They said only the day before did an aircraft on approach have to go around because of a TCAS RA said they should turn because of the helicopter.
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Something the Orange One would do well to reflect on.
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Someone should probably try to explain to the Orange One what an Annex 13 investgation is and the principles of carrying them out, like not making pre-emptive statements particularly prior to initial report findings… Not that that would make a jot of difference to the Wotsit faced loon.
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Everybody, this may not be related to Trump’s presidency, but please have the 67 victims and their families in your thoughts.
From the crash on the Patomac
Pretty sure most people here know this is not related to Trump. But we also all know it’s not related to DEI, which Trump is blaming.
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The loss is not lost on me having lost friends in aircraft crashes, but also as someone who has a long history of working with the AAIB (UK equivalent of your NTSB). I have also seen how congested that paticular piece of airspace is with Reagan Afld plus Bolling and Andrews in close proximity.
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I saw Stephen Fry say today that Musk can’t be a Nazi because Nazis made really good cars.
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Cyber trucks got universally slated but I’ve not heard anyone who owns one complain about their Tesla