I thought I heard last night on tv that the helicopter was doing some kind of special training where they were practicing a low level escape route in real conditions.

Here's the latest and from a very solid source.... Juan Browne is a former military pilot and currently an AA 777 Captain....I've been watching him for several years....his YouTube channel primarily covers aviation crashes and from start to final NTSB report, etc.

https://youtu.be/_3gD_lnBNu0?si=iIfCJLumTVPGkbAX

You're right, I paraphrased. Here's what he actually said.

Trump blamed former President Joe Biden’s administration for encouraging the Federal Aviation Administration to recruit workers “who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and inclusion hiring initiative.” He added that the program allowed for the hiring of people with hearing and vision issues as well as paralysis, epilepsy and “dwarfism.”

Trump did not share any evidence that unqualified people were being put in critical positions like air traffic control, and he acknowledged that there was as yet no indication that air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport made any mistakes.

Asked why he was blaming diversity initiatives, Trump said, “because I have common sense, and unfortunately a lot of people don’t.”

I trust Hoover.

who cares --- do you really want DEI hires doing anything critical where lives are at risk ---- NOT A CHANCE . If you say it's OK --- your lying
Trump is just calling it as he see's it ----- FACT --- The FAA implemented DEI practices internally --- at all levels under Biden .
DEI was started as another way for the DEM's to separate people in this country --divide and conquer is the ONLY way they know how .

Maybe DEI is in the mix:
White folks need not apply

So the chopper pilot was a DEI hire? Asking for my girlfriend

Wow

It was an accident. How did this turn political?

Are there people who actually support that stupidity?

The article just linked alleges that many qualified air traffic controllers were turned away because they didn't meet the desired demographic profile. At the time of the crash only 19 of the 30 ATCs needed for a full staff were on duty and the controller communicating with both the airliner and helicopter was doing the job of two people.

Is it "political" to point that out?

You can’t pin this on the ATC though. The heli pilot made a fatal mistake.

Did the helicopter pilot 48 hrs ago make the same mistake? The more information that comes out, the more indication that Trump was correct. Everyone knows that Trump is more knowledgeable than 98% of talking heads, including ntsb. I watched the ntsb agent state today that they would be acquiring the history of atc employee. Trump had that 15 minutes after the crash.

I’m not blaming anyone but the mud is clearing up. #1 helicopter was outside of ceiling. No one knows why unless act screwed up just like they did 24hrs prior to this tragic crash. One thing is certain, dei is pure BS and it has been exposed as such.

Delted bad taste...sorry

The people who implemented all this DEI nonsense need to pay a hefty price for damage they’ve caused this country.

The dead bodies just keep stacking up yet no one pays a price for it….