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They actually came out with a directive: 'too white.' And we want the people that are competent,
the US president said at a press conference, referencing to the hiring at Federal Aviation Administration by previous administrations One for obviously operating the helicopter because it was being flown by the Army, but also air traffic control that’s regulating and monitoring that airspace is FAA, which is again a government agency,
Typically, right after — obviously, the families are dealing with a lot of shock and grief right now — a lot of times it’s really hard for people to wrap their minds around aircraft accidents because they’re just not supposed to happen,
James Brauchle told Fox News Digital Thursday, adding So, I'm going to assume that that's going to happen,
Even the most skilled pilots are going to make human errors, because they’re human. We have wanted humans to be very much in control, and that has worked to get us to a great safety record today,
But, ... he maintained ... Cox said I’m 99 percent sure the Black Hawk [crew] was confused about which airliner they were talking about,
Full autonomy in the ... We do think there are some advancements that exist to bring to the cockpit alongside human pilots, driver-assist type stuff, to augment their capabilities and to help them to their jobs better. Does an automatic transmission make a bad driver into a good one? No. But it’ll make things a lot easier.”
Cox went on, but, he said It’s a shame, because air traffic controllers really are excellent people, but, after 70-plus years of trials, maybe human excellence just isn’t enough,
Greenspun said, noting that those working in ATC towers I don’t think DEI is a factor here,
Greenspun said, emphasizing that If you were to try to hit an airplane with a helicopter, it’s pretty hard,
Henderson told The Independent The avionics in the Hornet were designed in the 80s and 90s,
Engines are more reliable, systems have multiple redundancies, as a society we’ve driven all of those causes down,
Most aviation accidents are [the result of] an accident chain,
There was one air traffic controller working two different tower positions at the time of the collision Wednesday night."
On Thursday, CNN's Omar Jimenez said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, citing an air traffic control source On final approach into Reagan National, it collided with a military aircraft on an otherwise normal approach
The one good thing about aviation is they try to learn from past accidents and try to make corrections to prevent future accidents
Everybody hold your positions on the field right now,
a female controller orders That tells me the helicopter was on the TCAS of the passenger plane, and the pilot tried to avoid it, but it was too late,
Many of us pilots are still perplexed because, usually, when passenger jets are on short final approach to the runway, they have all their lights on, including landing lights. It's really hard not to see them. If you look at the video, it looks like the helicopter flew right into the back of the passenger jet,
The FAA must immediately suspend all helicopter flights in the airspace of Reagan National Airport until the investigation is complete and any NTSB recommendations are implemented. The risks are simply too high."
Robert Clifford, aviation attorney, speaking to Newsweek