Blackhawk / CRJ-700 Midair

[MIDNJAC]

Sounds like me stumbling over words the first time I asked out a girl. Maybe the CRUDES helo bubbas are just a bit overwhelmed by the beauty of the stack.

HS beat us into brevity, but it wasn't serious until the fleet tour, and we were always guilty by association when HSL would visit the CVN.

I'm not cool enough to generate a Pam from the office "they are the same picture" meme, but you're telling me that there are helicopters that are different from other helicopters?

 

[DanMa1156]

FWIW on my last deployment as an HSC Bubba, we got with Airboss and the HSM squadron together to join in doing comm out case 1 recoveries. HSM would form up on HSC as wing, HSC would count the jets we already counted, look for a light, find the LSE... can be done.

 

[Flash]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/24/faa-national-crash-marine-one-delays/

Better start booking to Dulles if you want on time flights. Seriously hope the FAA unfucks this ASAP.

It is not just the FAA that needs to 'unfuck it', they aren't only getting pressure from the flying public but in the unique case of National, the government and Congress as customers. The increase in flights in and out of National within the last year that was decried by some as increasing risk to flight safety? A direct result of a law passed by Congress last year.

 

[SynixMan]

It is not just the FAA that needs to 'unfuck it', they aren't only getting pressure from the flying public but in the unique case of National, the government and Congress as customers. The increase in flights in and out of National within the last year that was decried by some as increasing risk to flight safety? A direct result of a law passed by Congress last year.

My point was that they've gone high and right with a pretty big hammer. Regular 30min ground stops with holding/diverts for VIP/POTUS movement will throw a wrench in schedules. I can grant you the helo corridor below an approach path was pushing the mark, but this is a crazy "interim solution".

 

[Randy Daytona]

Close call in Chicago today…

Southwest Airlines plane aborts landing to avoid colliding with private jet at Chicago Midway Airport | CNN

A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet that entered the runway without authorization experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

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