He's an 80 year old man baby, and he is who we thought he was. The only thing the POTUS should have said last night was Ts and Ps to the families, and I will ensure every resource of the federal government is immediately made available to the rescuers and investigators.
The crazy hot MILF at the gym had them ready to roll out this morning. I just nodded and waited for the crazy to end.
Well now I'm scared as fook to fly into SNA. Thanks.
We will know soon but I don't think it is suppose to work like that. I know you have far more expertise than me, but letting these two get so close to each other, at night, with a plane landing so both at low altitude, should not be a situation where you assume the helicopter sees the right plane and can avoid it IMHO. Keeping that landing path free of aircraft is a must, not a "hey make sure you see that plane landing ok. Don't hit it"
I remember flying in there 25 years ago, and the approach was like being in on a grand prix track, sharp turn left, sharp turn right, back left, because of all the things they had to avoid passing over.
At least for the pilot I know it's a bidding system. The giant computers spit out blocks of flights over a multi day span. Pilots have to attain a certain minimum number of hours per month to maintain their status, but can go higher to make more money. An older pilot in Minneapolis may bid up a trip to Tokyo and back, and that's enough to keep their benefits. Other pilots will have to cobble together 3-5 trips per month, with a set number of days off. So, you are not bidding on each flight, you are bidding on your type of aircraft and how it is utilized by the airline out and back from your duty station. Certain pilots like certain runs. If you live close to your duty station you might want an early am departure for your first flight. If you have to travel to your station you might want an afternoon flight out, and a redeye on the return leg so you can then catch a flight to home.
You are genuinely pathetic.
Yes it is normal. Happens everyday. The helicopters have a narrow window to traverse that area. ATC spaces them to avoid this. Once the helicopter said they could provide their own separation (probably by identifying the wrong airplane) that’s when the issue happened. ATC somehow missed the warnings after the fact. That’s what I’m interested in seeing, why. But this is daily standard ops there. It’s just stupidly designed, over congested airspace.
SNA is my favorite airport, no fooking hassles. Fly into there, grab a shuttle and I'm at the rental on the beach within 30 minutes. It's a beautiful thing!Departures out of SNA are the best. I imagine the pilots up front pulling this maneuver every time.
I was in OC when Kobe took his last run on the helo. You could have cut the air that day, I can't believe he pushed the pilot to fly. All for a kid's basketball tournament. Just dumb.Departures out of SNA are the best. I imagine the pilots up front pulling this maneuver every time.
Ooooof. Both of their last second adjustments sent them right into each other. If CRJ doesn’t change course for final they narrowly miss, but that’s impossible to know in real time.
The right will somehow blame this crash on DEI, watch.
Favorite of mine also but just always get nervous with all the other non commercial traffic there.
“Just shut up” should have been your reply. At every opportunity they need to know how stupid and destructive they are.
Looks correct to me. Follow route 1 on this. If it shows 200 with a line above it that means follow the route 200 feet and below. Looks like following the Potomac you can be exactly at 1500 ft, no lower or higher. Indicated by the lines above and below (bracketed altitude). Line indicates floor or ceiling, or both.
Never gonna happen. Congressman likes the easy in/outSee post 911.
Note the left turn. That’s to make runway 33
33 is the one that goes se to nw. So almost invariably an intersection with rte 1
The ripple effect from the request by ATC to change to runway 33 a few minutes before is difficult to stomach. Of course a very benign request in a vacuum but that is some bad luck.
Yep. Which is crazy to think they allow that routing during arriving 1 circle to land 33 operations.
They do this pretty much every other arriving aircraft. If they didn’t they wouldnt get traffic off the ground. It’s crazy they allow the helo traffic along route 1 while doing so.
He's a one trick pony and has been for years. Once you realize this and put him on your ignore list, your life will improve immensely.
CRJ’s landing light had to have been blasting the helo pilot in the eyes, I’m just baffled how he could have sighted the wrong plane and/or made no material deviation. Any thoughts on that?
