American Airlines airliner and Blackhawk helicopter collide, down in D.C.

[PersonalFavors]

Flying into Washington National is something everyone should do once in their life. Sit on the right side of the plane so you can get a fantastic view of Washington DC when you're inbound (the left side is Arlington cemetery).

Another fun approach is Philadephia airport....you can fly over a huge fleet of mothballed Navy combat vessels, about a mile long stretch of nothing but pure American firepower.

I like both of those airports for the view. An exciting landing is Roseau-Canefield airport, Dominica. You should fly in on a windy day post hurricane with 55mph gusts. Awesome view of the island which is basically a mountain. The final approach you drop like a leaf and somehow they stop on a postage stamp sized runway. I could have pinched off a 20 pound nail. I only flew into DCF because it was close to the capitol and to avoid the ride across the isle from DOM. There were roads washed out. I always try to leave via DOM and stop in Puerto Rico. Customs is so easy there. And a night in the El San Juan [better casino and access to a very nice private stretch of beach] is an easy walk to the Sands next door where you can find Ruth's Cris Steak House as I am usually craving beef after a week or two in the Caribbean.

 

[YDB95]

And the bodies of those victims had not even been removed from the river before our white supremacist President politicized this tragedy with his cheap shots and delusions about his mental "superiority".

This deplorable man-boy is greatest threat to democracy and civility in American history.

Always remember, though, that's exactly why they voted for him. The cruelty is the point.

 

[RoryN]

Confirmed: flight attendant aboard was one of those flight attendants who sang and told jokes to the passengers. R.I.P. Ian Epstein.

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=2d1a884abe9d42f8c7eaacdcadb01739&ei=114

email sent out to federal employees, INCLUDING air traffic controllers, encouraging them to quit and find better paid work in the private sector... yeah, understaffed, overworked air traffic controllers leaving en-masse will surely improve air safety, right? The staff being encouraged to leave will either not be replaced, thereby cutting the costs (whilst fucking up the Offices) or running programmes, or replaced by trump supporters ignorant of how to do the jobs to begin with. That's musk efficiency for ya, right there:

“We encourage you to find a job in the private sector as soon as you would like to do so,” stated the email sent by the Office of Personnel Management, The New York Times reported. “The way to greater American prosperity is encouraging people to move from lower productivity jobs in the public sector to higher productivity jobs in the private sector.”

In the form of Frequently Asked Questions, the email also encouraged employees who did choose to leave their jobs, to take on a second job, or to vacation to their “dream destination” while still on the payroll before permanently leaving. That advice is contradictory to years old regulations that have prohibited federal employees from picking up second sources of income.

 

[YDB95]

email sent out to federal employees, INCLUDING air traffic controllers, encouraging them to quit and find better paid work in the private sector... yeah, understaffed, overworked air traffic controllers leaving en-masse will surely improve air safety, right?

Always remember, we're talking about a party that hates government and does not want it to work well.

 

[eric_erosfan]

She pled guilty k a plea bargain where she admitted she knew her then-husband Jeff Gilloolie had hired someone to break Kerrigan's knee (the so-called "Battle of Wounded Knee 1994").

She ratted out her then-husband in return for no time behind bars.

Her husband retaliated by releasing a "sex tape" of her, which consisted of her in a hotel running topless from the hotel shower to a nearby towel rack.

There was a pictorial article from the sex tape in Penthouse at the time. You got to see her hairy gash and Gilloolie's impressive gilloolie.

 

[RoryN]

Always remember, we're talking about a party that hates government

...until they don't.

After all, they absolutely love the current government they put in.

 

[ll74]

JFC, 47 is going to kill people because he's trying to throw his cock on the table

Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs https://search.app/Tdhqgx3qHmykUw1s7

 

[eric_erosfan]

JFC, 47 is going to kill people because he's trying to throw his cock on the table

Trump Admin Emails Air Traffic Controllers: Quit Your Jobs https://search.app/Tdhqgx3qHmykUw1s7

I was just reading that there is a shortage of ATCs. Is it 25th Amendment time already?

 

[DeluxAuto]

BREAKING:

PLANE DOWN IN PHILLY

 

[RobDownSouth]

There is literally nothing for which DEI can plausibly be blamed.

Here is a spot-on analogy.

https://imgur.com/bjaP8jc

 

[Politruk]

BREAKING:

PLANE DOWN IN PHILLY

But was the pilot trans? That's the important thing!

 

[PersonalFavors]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...&cvid=2d1a884abe9d42f8c7eaacdcadb01739&ei=114

email sent out to federal employees, INCLUDING air traffic controllers, encouraging them to quit and find better paid work in the private sector... yeah, understaffed, overworked air traffic controllers leaving en-masse will surely improve air safety, right? The staff being encouraged to leave will either not be replaced, thereby cutting the costs (whilst fucking up the Offices) or running programmes, or replaced by trump supporters ignorant of how to do the jobs to begin with. That's musk efficiency for ya, right there:

According to MSN.

 

[PersonalFavors]

But was the pilot trans? That's the important thing!

What kind of health insurance do they have in Mexico? They get private flights to come and use US medicine? WTF?

 

[RobDownSouth]

53 weeks ago, Elon Musk predicted a plane crash and that DEI would be to blame.

 

[Politruk]

According to MSN.

So?

 

[PersonalFavors]

So?

Obviously they did not get a copy of either of the letter sent. Nor did they have the list of who it was sent to and their management notifying them if they were eligible.
The MSN article was speculation and inflammatory bullshit.

 

[AlexBailey]

If you want a possible cause without having any idea about it, DEI hiring springs immediately to mind as a far more likely possibility. Looks like we might need to gut the FAA and rehire qualified people

But you know what - I posted this as an example of how fucking stupid your post was. Let's just pray for the victims and their families, and wait for the cause to be identified before we all go jumping to conclusions.

View attachment 2481141

DEI?

The female “DEI” copilot was highly qualified but since she wasn’t a white male you MAGAs default to the position that she was an inferior hire .

“She had been in the top 20 per cent of Army ROTC cadets nationwide and picked for a prestigious role as a White House social aide. Her awards include the Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Army Service Ribbon.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/female-pilot-in-crash-trump-blames-on-dei-was-in-top-20-of-army/

 

[butters]

According to MSN.

I don't think you understand what the msn thing is: it collects (for personalised viewing) articles from all manner of sources. This email was reported on by The Daily Beast, The New York Times, and reported on by all the major news media tv outlets.

So, blame msn? Ridiculous and proof of your ignorance.

 

[butters]

the air ambulance had 6 people on board: pilot, co-pilot, 2 doctors, a young girl who'd just had life-saving treatment and her mother. The fatalities also include one person on the ground plus a further 19 (as far as they know) injured.

https://www.the-express.com/news/us...ia-plane-crash-pilot-doctor-identity-revealed

 

[butters]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...31&cvid=c019db451b8544aaa62e874d5e654e02&ei=2

after team trump sent out the early retirement letters last week to ATCs, team trump had to send out another memo stating air traffic controllers were exempt from the first memo's statement or, to clarify, "positions related to public safety and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency." Yeah that really clears things up, right? huh

The FAA has previously said it is 3,000 controllers behind staffing targets. A union representing controllers said there are about 10,800 certified controllers -- about the same as 2023 -- and down about 10% from 2012. Nearly all U.S. control towers remain below staffing targets.

"We haven't had enough air traffic controllers in America for a very long time," Duffy told "Fox News Sunday", noting it takes years to train controllers. "Our air traffic controllers -- they are stressed out, they are tapped out, they are overworked."

 

[PersonalFavors]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/t...31&cvid=c019db451b8544aaa62e874d5e654e02&ei=2

after team trump sent out the early retirement letters last week to ATCs, team trump had to send out another memo stating air traffic controllers were exempt from the first memo's statement or, to clarify, "positions related to public safety and those in other positions specifically excluded by your employing agency." Yeah that really clears things up, right? huh

The letter did not include ATC’s. They are not part of OPM. Again the msn bs is speculation. Not even opinion anymore. A collection of rumors.
Have you seen the helo pilots identity now that it has been released? She has been working with a ‘team’ at Biden’s whitehouse the last two years. Now back to her normal job and qualifying to fly again. Might not be Dei but still no explanation why in a secure area with night vision goggles on.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Might not be Dei but still no explanation why in a secure area with night vision goggles on.

The Trump administration is hiding something! It’S a CoNsPiRacY! Impeach Trump now!

 

[ll74]

The Trump administration is hiding something! It’S a CoNsPiRacY! Impeach Trump now!

Notice how those saying stuff about the co-pilot are not specifically accusing her or anything. This is because they know it is an open and shit defamation case if they say what they really mean.

 

[butters]

The letter did not include ATC’s. They are not part of OPM. Again the msn bs is speculation. Not even opinion anymore. A collection of rumors.
Have you seen the helo pilots identity now that it has been released? She has been working with a ‘team’ at Biden’s whitehouse the last two years. Now back to her normal job and qualifying to fly again. Might not be Dei but still no explanation why in a secure area with night vision goggles on.

except the original offer letters WERE sent to ATCs... so if they were not included in the offer originally, who fucked up so badly to send the letters offering it in the first place. absolute total fucking chaos

and I see you still don't comprehend how msn works. iggy for your sorry arse.