Aviation

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Another airplane collision, this time just outside
hometown. Sadly, AP is reporting two people dead:

https://apnews.com/article/arizona-small-plane-collision-763524e34ee9f1b9315b30121f3ec584?taid=67b62b8b4babdc000171b621&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

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Not to belittle the loss in that accident, but small aircraft accidents happen much more frequently than with commercial airlines (see Hoover’s “Pilot Debrief” YT channel). I think this is hitting the news now because of the sudden uptick in commercial accidents in the U.S. so any plane crash is news.

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This is the “genius” who is going to save the FAA

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'Terfs gotta 'Terf.

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I just can’t with these fuckwits.

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Next time I’m on a plane, and I feel we start to veer to the left or right, I’m gonna yell to the cockpit…“Hey!..Back in a straight line there, buddy! You’re not taking me on the ‘scenic route’!”

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In their defense, they do think the earth is flat.

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HA!
One of the worst “scenic routes” is going into Love Field.
The newly minted/renamed approach control for DFW and Love Field, “Lone Star Approach” (it used to be Regional Approach) takes us alllllllllll the way around the metroplex to land at Love.
It’s ridiculous flying low around all the fucking south oklahoma airports in the metroplex amongst lots of general aviation aircraft at times.
Ugh.

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A couple of near misses yesterday.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes

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I noticed this the last time I had a layover at Love. It was crazy.

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You have to taxi almost that same distance at DFW.

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If the earth were really round, it would just turn underneath you and you wouldn’t have to fly in a circle. Scoreboard FLERF!!

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I once told a flat earther that one time I went to the guardrail at the edge of the end of the earth. He called me, a liar!

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I love Australia:

Clark, a former professional boxer and sheep shearer

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Autocorrect doing God’s work with the word “shearer”.

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You’re confusing Australians with the dodgy kiwis and you’re Welsh cousins.

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Hey, all, hope it’s ok, but I’m posting this in hopes of spreading the message and getting the word out/promoting a fantastic organization one of my SWA Captains/copiilots/cohearts helped establish to advance the next generation of aviators in this country.

Donations and support are greatly appreciated!

Many thanks in advance.

Oh, and fly Southwest Airlines.

Let’s go Astros.

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Hoover discusses today’s NTSB update on the DC collision:

Basically, the fact that this hadn’t before now is blind luck. The number of near misses - as defined by the automated collision warning system recommending evasive action - averaged one a month for that last 12 years.

Also, even if the Black Hawk had flown the route perfectly, there would have been only 75 feet of vertical separation. In this case, the BH was 78 feet above route’s ceiling.

The NTSB seems to be laying this at the feet of the FAA, and its failure to react to a long term, oft-recurring near miss issue.

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If they were at the wrong/incorrect altitude, that sounds like an incorrect altimeter setting on their part.

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There were 15,000 near misses there 2021-24