A combo of dei, quiet quitting, general incompetence and deliberateness.
Best to avoid a mid-air crash.
Were they able to largely walk away from the landing?
Jimmy Dore was on that flight and tweeted this right after it happened
Just now on SW Flight #1496 Burbank to Las Vegas.
Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport.
Myself & Plenty of people flew out of their seats & bumped heads on ceiling, a flight attendant needed medical attention.
Pilot said his collision warning went off & he needed to avoid plane coming at us.
Wow.
https://x.com/jimmy_dore/status/1948841786765705392
A Hawker Hunter?
Someone is in trouble
At only 14 K I'm sure the seatbelt light was still aluminated.
That’s why you have to stay on constant alert even when you’re flying on autopilot.
We stopped flying years ago. Much rather see the USA in our Chevrolet.
That said, I ALWAYS kept the seat belt fastened in flight. If we ever fly again, we will continue to keep the seat belt well fastened.
What was a Hawker Hunter—a Korean War-era jet fighter—doing in the skies over California in 2025?
Which is why its’s wise to wear your seatbelt when seated even at cruising height.
Was Center sleeping?
People with aviophobia must be feeling really tense with every one of the stories. Door blows off. Wheel falls off on landing. Near miss of a B-52 in midair. Plane clips another’s tail while taxiing.
The late humor writer Lewis Grizzard ( I read about 90% of his books) hated to fly. He noted that after the first successful Wright Brothers flight it was very soon after that the first fatality happened. Thomas E. Selfridge (for whom Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base, formerly AFB, was named after.
Details:
Thomas Selfridge was the first person to die in a powered aircraft accident. He was a passenger on a Wright Flyer during a military demonstration at Fort Myer, Virginia, on September 17, 1908, when the aircraft crashed.
The crash occurred after a propeller broke and struck a support wire, causing the plane to plunge to the ground. Selfridge suffered a fractured skull and died later that day. Orville Wright, the pilot, was seriously injured but survived.
Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, took a later flight with the Wright Brothers and made it just fine.
The TCAS system typically provides a Resolution Advisory (RA) warning about 15 to 35 seconds before the predicted closest point of approach (CPA), depending on altitude and encounter geometry. Pilots are expected to begin responding to an RA within about 5 seconds, with an optimal response ideally within 2.5 to 5 seconds.
The TCAS system typically provides a Resolution Advisory (RA) warning about 15 to 35 seconds before the predicted closest point of approach (CPA), depending on altitude and encounter geometry. Pilots are expected to begin responding to an RA within about 5 seconds, with an optimal response ideally within 2.5 to 5 seconds.
“. The screaming, it was terrifying. “
Lawyers are salivating to service the weak minded Karens.