PrintSmith wrote: Per the NTSB, Blackhawk was operating at 300 ft, 100 ft above allowed parameters for the airport.
This bit of information has now been verified . . .
This has been an entertaining thread... thank you LOL
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I haven't paid a lot of attention to this story... do we know how experienced the pilot had? I would think the elevation parameters would be the main focus at an airport, but what do I know.
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An opinion is information shaped by experience.
Ignorance is an opinion without knowledge.
Stupidity is an opinion the rejects facts.
Make it make sense. 30 years ago in Iowa you had to have 2100 hours of training then you had to pass the state board examination to be able to do peoples hair. Now a Black Hawk pilot only needs 500 hours and the instructor just 1000 hours before they can put peoples lives in danger?
The Federal Aviation Administration has repeatedly warned, including in June, that a shortage of air traffic controllers along the eastern seaboard has forced it to restrict the number of flights it can permit through the area.
The airport is particularly popular among lawmakers because it's more convenient to their Capitol Hill offices than either Dulles International Airport (IAD) or Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI).
In May, airport officials and other experts also warned that adding more daily flights under what's known as the slot-and-perimeter rule posed concerns. In 2023, Reagan National broke its all-time passenger traffic record with 25.5 million passengers, according to airport managers. Passenger data for 2024 is not yet available.
also research the DISTANCE between the two runways for different craft.....is is VERY NARROW
Exactly. Record high air traffic is straining the system. The Pentagon needs to consider this when they are training. Find more rural areas to use? The 101st AAD from Kentucky is training out of JeffCo Airport right now to get experience flying in the Mountains. Just like C-130's fly over my 160 every morning.
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Freezeman wrote: Make it make sense. 30 years ago in Iowa you had to have 2100 hours of training then you had to pass the state board examination to be able to do peoples hair. Now a Black Hawk pilot only needs 500 hours and the instructor just 1000 hours before they can put peoples lives in danger?
A classic apples to watermelon comparison? Maybe you're including class hours in the first instance and flight hours in the second? Not to mention, though I will, that in addition to actual flight hours, which are expensive, military pilots have hours of time in flight simulators. Is a simulator as good as the real deal? No, but when 3/5 of the federal budget is devoted to individual welfare programs that doesn't leave a lot of budget left for the purpose of the federal government defined in the federal charter.
FredHayek wrote: Exactly. Record high air traffic is straining the system. The Pentagon needs to consider this when they are training. Find more rural areas to use? The 101st AAD from Kentucky is training out of JeffCo Airport right now to get experience flying in the Mountains. Just like C-130's fly over my 160 every morning.
Difference being that the army is doing actual mission training at DCA. That's an evacuation route in addition to being a commuting route and the CWOs who fly those birds need to know it instinctively. Again, could they gain that knowledge through simulation instead of actual flight? Sure, but the experience won't be as good as the experience gained by a real flight. I'm sure all of us would rather have a pilot who has actually flown the aircraft for a few hundred hours than one who has a couple thousand hours in a simulator when we're flying our family to a vacation destination, wouldn't we?
beginning to look like military policy AND pilot judgement r root cause...per WAPO
THEY R NOW REORG TRAFFIC THRU THAT CORRIDOR...as i understand it NO CHOPPERS in that narrow space....too risky. it took a tragedy for the FAA to be heard....gov. was warned long ago.... fell on deaf ears.
SO-O- the vips will have to find another flight route to commute to and from...oh how sad:
My BIL was a Marine Corps helicopter mechanic. He never trusted them to stay in the sky. Too much maintenance time. The last President of Iran died in a helicopter crash.
I am surprised so many generals, admirals, and even the POTUS still use them so often.
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