Posted on 01/30/2025 2:02:18 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Fox News obtained exclusive information regarding the crew members aboard the Army helicopter at the time of the accident. The instructor pilot commanding the Black Hawk boasted 1,000 flying hours.
Meanwhile, his co-pilot was a woman with 500 flying hours, considered to be a standard level of experience in aviation circles.
The revelation that the co-pilot was a woman has reignited ongoing debates about gender roles within military operations.
Fox News reported:
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This guy really sticks this accident on the ATC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRnk_ycXYQI
I disagree slightly, in that the chopper apparently was too high, but I can’t disagree that if the ATC was getting a “Conflict Alert”, ATC has to intervene aggressively, not ask “Do you see him?”.
Toward the end there the poster goes a bit tongue-in-cheek (pushes himself for head of the FAA), though his comment “with Trump, anything is possible” was a bit of comic relief.
So those drills of the past aren’t relevant today.
And who cares if the two days a month land on a weekend or not? That still puts a helo operator drastically short of professional-level experience.
It wasn’t a woman. It was a man pretending to be a woman. Your basic DEI tranny.
“Was she born a woman?”
No.
“The pilot of the Black Hawk has been identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2) Jo Ellis, a transgender woman. Jo Ellis served in the Virginia National Guard for 15 years and transitioned while serving as a pilot. Jo has been making radicalized anti-Trump statements on socials. pic.twitter.com/JweX9sdtRM— Francesco™️ (@FakeGayPolitics) January 31, 2025”
I don’t know about that specific Army Aviation unit re: admin drills or what additional drill time is required for those in flight status.
Odd. I’ve got thousands of hours of time as a WSO flying in 2 seat fighters, with ample flying at night, and we never flew with NVGs to ‘prevent vertigo’!
If they were flying at night in very crowded airspace using NVGs instead of eyeballs and instruments, we have at least one “cause” of the accident. No reason why they couldn’t practice that - if it is needed - after commercial flight ops had ended. Or better yet, well away from cities and high traffic areas entirely.
I did a lot of terrain following radar night missions - in SCOTLAND, not over LONDON! There was a reason we didn’t do TFR missions over crowded areas. Flew plenty of air-air and intercept missions without messing with airliners.
BTW - how many light aircraft fly at night, VFR, without NVGs? Yep, pretty much all. Does it result in vertigo? Nope.
I said it helps prevent it. I have thousands of helo time and 500 with goggles. Actually flew, wasn't the sandbag for the weight and balance. No problem for a good pilot.
If they were flying at night in very crowded airspace using NVGs instead of eyeballs and instruments, we have at least one “cause” of the accident.
Shows a reason why you wouldn't. They are integral to the flight. You see everything, these aren't the PVS-7s from Nam. And crowded? please you've never been to the boat.
how many light aircraft fly at night, VFR, without NVGs? Yep, pretty much all. Does it result in vertigo? Nope.
Are they flying in an area with light to dark transition, no. Tons of nightitme in pitch black, right.
I'm not defending the helo crew, that fact they f'ed was in the fireball.
The boat doesn’t have commercial airliners flying immediately over it. You can practice NVG flying without doing it immediately next to a busy commercial airport.
Usually it’s set and a warning goes off when going outside what’s been set - a warning voice like “altitude altitude” will sound.
Not knowing if it was she or the other pilot in control of the aircraft at the time of collision prevented me from commenting on the gender issue on a half dozen other threads. But I knew it was coming.
They all have critical roles
Well, you all found out two of the helicopter pilots were white men.
You may have corrected yourself since this post, and I get your point, but there were two pilots. The third crew member was a Crew Chief, which is more of a 'flight mechanic' and observer type of role.
@FakeGayPolitics
You've been trolled.
“You’ve been trolled.”
That’s not the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. 😁
I still wonder why nobody is saying anything about the third pilot in the helicopter. Or, maybe it’s been said and I missed it.
Yep, and that’s what happened here.
Never mind accident was at 400 feet below TCAS height. But am wondering why they media is not covering the female pilot story with DEI recruiting and promotions.
The unit in question has a standing mission they prepare for. All of DC is Class B or C airspace. That’s why the helo had a 200’ agl limit. And the boat has 14 aircraft in the pattern for quals all headed for the same 500’.
Hah, maybe now days but I doubt it in helos, I know the jets have ‘Bitchin Betty’.
The copilot does fly usually half the hours, but the Helicopter Aircraft Commander (HAC) who owns the aircraft was the CWO.
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