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Some wanted to give us hugs. Some are just mad and angry,
Inman said
That’s what our job is, to figure that out,
said NTSB member Todd Inman, who grew increasingly agitated with reporters' questions seeking more information and clarity about the readings during a Saturday evening news conferenceThis is a complex investigation,
said Brice Banning, NTSB investigator in chargeThe crew had a verbal reaction,
Banning said, with the data recorder showingYou want to do something about it? Adopt the recommendation of the NTSB. You’ll save lives,
he said,From tragedy we draw knowledge to improve the safety for us all. That’s what we’re doing right now, we’re dealing with tragedy, but we need to improve safety,
he said(T)he low level helicopter routes have been in operation for decades – that area is one of the busiest aviation operation centers in the country, if not the world,
said Bowman, who is also a senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Everyone has to be on their game and follow instruction exactly,
Bowman addedGiven the nature of our safety work, limited budget, and the ongoing investigation of the highest fatality, mass casualty aviation accident since 9/11, ... we need each and every position represented at our agency in order for us to successfully carry out our mission critical work.”
said the email message viewed by CNN,It’s not like we have an easy time finding people,
the source saidThink of it as putting on a dive mask. It essentially blocks your peripheral vision and you lose that field of vision,
McCormick, the former federal aviation official, said
The military does dangerous things. It does routine things on [a] regular basis,
said the defense secretaryThe military goes by the philosophy that you train as you fight,
McCormick told the Guardian USSome of their mission is to support the Department of Defense if something really bad happens in this area, and we need to move our senior leaders,
said Jonathan Koziol, the chief of staff of the Army's Aviation Directorate
We just repositioned and landed in the traffic circle of 395, which had been closed by that point,
Bowman said, referring to I-395 highway that loops around the US military's headquarters
It's 100 percent operational today. There's a team of maybe 100 personnel inside Raven Rock right now, ready to pick up the pieces of the US government,
Graff saidThe battalion helped transport some senior leaders out of Washington, DC to 'hide sites,'
Bradley Bowman, a former Army aviation officer who flew on Sept 11 as part of the 12th Aviation BattalionAn employer's decision to broaden the pool of potential applicants between rounds of hiring is not a personnel action cognizable under Title VII.
In a 2020 motion filed by the government, they said
They do need to be able to understand the environment, the air traffic, the routes, to ensure the safe travel of our senior leaders throughout our government,
Koziol addedFlight 5342 was initially scheduled to land on Runway 1 at Reagan but was redirected to Runway 33, ... Meanwhile, the helicopter was traveling along Route 1 before being shifted to Route 4.
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