Good question. 450 hrs over ten years doesn’t make one qualified IMHO. It certainly doesn’t make one qualified to conduct training in the use of night vision (if that rumor is true) in a congested flyway with general aviation all around. Heads need to roll over this.
She wasn’t conducting training. She was being certified by the more experienced WO for continuing training, an ongoing part of all pilots staying current. Night vision and this flight route we not selected by her, as the trainee, or by the Pilot performing her training. We don’t know yet who had the collective in-hand before and/or at the moment of collision.
She wasn’t conducting training. She was being certified by the more experienced WO for continuing training, an ongoing part of all pilots staying current. Night vision and this flight route we not selected by her, as the trainee, or by the Pilot performing her training. We don’t know yet who had the collective in-hand before and/or at the moment of collision.
Most helicopter crashes that I have heard about occurred at night or in bad weather,i.e. limited visibility.
I recall two other military helicopter crashes recently.
Congestion skies,and understaffed or or unfamiarity are going to be factors.
Years ago I had a 172. A good friends father was AA lines captain and a Navy pilot.
He would call me and ask to go flying when in Tulsa area.
Once we were flying around the local lakes, and he ask how many hours I flew last year. I told him about 50 PIC. His comment was, “ That’s enough to get you killed.”