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I understand some people have associated me with the crash in D.C., and that is false,
Jo Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard, said in the Facebook video Chris’ kindness and compassion extended to everyone, whether you were a family member, friend, or one of the many strangers he connected with during his outdoor adventures,
his family said in a statement The NTSB is an independent, bipartisan board - 58 years as the gold standard. Our job is to find the facts, but more importantly, our job is to make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again, regardless of what anyone may be saying,
We have a lost aircraft. We are not exactly sure what happened, so we are trying to figure it out for now. So, for now the field is going to be closed. So, no inbounds or out bounds.”
A little over a minute later, the controller is heard saying We’re looking at altitude. The president was clear about that … someone was at the wrong altitude,
That investigation is ongoing.”
Asked whether the controller handling incoming traffic at the airport that night was hired or not fired based on their race, Leavitt said We must have only the highest standards for those who work in the aviation system. I changed the Obama standards from very mediocre at best to extraordinary,
Trump said during a press conference Thursday Despicable. As families grieve, Trump should be leading, not lying. We put safety first, drove down close calls, grew Air Traffic Control, and had zero commercial airline crash fatalities out of millions of flights on our watch."
Former Transportation Secretary Buttigieg on X (formerly Twitter This is not sustainable. Being proactive regarding hiring is the probably the biggest measure our administration could make to alleviate the fears of the flying public. Luckily, they have the opportunity to do just that, and it will pay off in safer skies,
However, it's quite possible that if marginally qualified Academy graduates got sent to facilities where they could not control traffic successfully, the washout rate would have increased,
To be sure, it would be a very lengthy process to safely transform to a privatized model, with no guarantee of success. The top concern here in this case should be safety. Prioritizing targeted initiatives toward hiring qualified controllers and updated technology in the existing facilities would be a better investment,
We don't know enough about what led to yesterday's collision, but the controller shortage may have played a role. Also, there may be a need to restrict the operation of military helicopters in airspace close to commercial airport landing and takeoff paths,
All candidates who are accepted to the academy go through the same rigorous training process and are expected to perform to the same high standards if they want to continue on to their assigned facility. Then, they face even more training once they get to their actual facility,
It is imperative that we do everything we can to keep the training pipeline open so we can continue to train qualified candidates. I don't see the quality of the training as the problem, but rather that the staffing levels are not where they need to be,
She's very concerned. She's been texting me the whole time,
I'm flying out, it's pretty tragic,
Abhi, a 25-year-old flier, told The U.S. Sun This is our rink. I’ve been skating here since I was 3. I’m just trying not to cry.”
The emotional teen, who fought back tears, told The U.S. Sun I was so proud when Sam became a pilot. Now it hurts so bad I can’t even cry myself to sleep,
Six days was the longest we had ever been apart, and it was, it was hard,
We are a tight-knit community, and we are all connected to each other,
