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re: Helicopter crash update

Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:48 pm to
Posted by Narax
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:48 pm to
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I have the fricking aircraft.


But was her moves that dangerous that he would have made that call?

Why wouldn't he have assumed she could complete the flight?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:50 pm to
Yes if you think the only reason I take control is because a pilot might kill us you aren't thinking things through.
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:51 pm to
Assumed? That's how you end up dead
Posted by Narax
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:53 pm to
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Yes if you think the only reason I take control is because a pilot might kill us you aren't thinking things through.


So even with her 450 hours and out ranking him, and all of her pull, you think her flying required him to pull control from her?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 7:54 pm to
Yes he is the instructor pilot. I have done it.
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:03 pm to
Let's me ask you this. Let's say you're the IP on a flight and the pilot flying briefs an ILS approach to runway xx she briefs the descent rate and Decision height etc.

You are cleared for the option. Aris etc all are good to go.

She briefed 700 feet per minute descent after established on the ILS.

She over flies and decides to go to 1000 feet descent rate to recapture the ILS.

She doesn't verbalize her intentions.

The higher descent rate causes a higher than expected approach speed.
You verbally try to correct her approach

When do you take the controls?
Posted by Narax
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:03 pm to
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Yes he is the instructor pilot. I have done it.


So from the moment the altimeter wasn't reporting correct he should have taken control and ended the Mission?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:04 pm to
Again this is why I would love the transcript from the time they powered up the aircraft to incident.

Posted by Narax
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

Let's me ask you this. Let's say you're the IP on a flight and the pilot flying briefs an ILS approach to runway xx she briefs the descent rate and Decision height etc.

You are cleared for the option. Aris etc all are good to go.

She briefed 700 feet per minute descent after established on the ILS.

She over flies and decides to go to 1000 feet descent rate to recapture the ILS.

She doesn't verbalize her intentions.

The higher descent rate causes a higher than expected approach speed.
You verbally try to correct her approach

When do you take the controls?


That's what I was trying to confirm, the timeline of when he thought something had gone wrong.

I do appreciate the insight
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:07 pm to
Taking control of the aircraft doesn't mean the mission is over by any means. It may simply be a correction and a teaching moment.

It very well could be a safety of flight issue
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:08 pm to
Yeah being the IP with a superior officer is one of the things IP candidates in the USAF get to practice at school
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:18 pm to
When to take control is a tough call. When to stop instructing is harder.

As an instructor when to shut up can be really tough.

When to let your pilot flail away and when to correct ius an art.
Posted by FriendofBaruch
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:25 pm to
How many other corrections and teaching moments are set up throughout our armed forces?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/28/25 at 8:25 pm to
What are you asking?
This post was edited on 4/28/25 at 8:28 pm
Posted by FriendofBaruch
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:14 pm to
quote:

What are you asking?

What I am asking - and most probably understood - is how many hazardous or dangerous situations are set up by installation of DEI throughout our military

just waiting for disaster
This post was edited on 4/29/25 at 4:15 pm
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:21 pm to
That's a question in aviation that probably in most situations isn't quantifiable
Posted by jizzle6609
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Posted on 4/29/25 at 4:22 pm to
Holy smokes.

I was still right.
Posted by scottyd
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Posted on 5/9/25 at 4:04 pm to
Don’t know who downvoted me, but there’s a big difference in incompetence and intentionally causing a crash.

Nothing in the tapes indicates intentional action that I’ve seen. She probably just sucked as a pilot because she spent a few years on Whitehouse staff not flying.
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