That is pretty damned odd. It isn’t a major effort to transmit since the mike switch is on the yoke (a thumb switch on the left hand side of the yoke). It is as easy as moving your thumb to depress the switch and transmit. You would think that the pilot would report SOMETHING if he were losing altitude and headed for the drink.
That’s the kind of input we need. I’m not a pilot so I don’t know what is legit from that perspective.
It seems like the president is implying that the pilot didn’t report anything because the communications at that spot wouldn’t allow it, but that doesn’t make sense because this other pilot who was circling overhead at the time (according to the president) was able to communicate with the airport tower just fine.
I’m trying to get a handle also on how Fuddy got trapped in there, with her deputy director holding her hand. Any insight on that?