Plane Crash on Trump's Watch

[mookiemcgee]

An American Airlines flight coming in to land a few hours ago, crashed into a army Black Hawk helicopter in mid-air as the incompetent commander and chief Donald Trump and his incompetent secretary of defense Pete Hegseth​​ couldn't run a bath let alone the military without embarrassing the country.

Initial response from Republican leadership... 'Thoughts and prayers'.

[saxitoxin]

Anyone remember when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris caused all those military aircraft to crash? I've always wondered why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris kept causing those crashes.

Do you guys think Joe Biden and Kamala Harris just liked watching aircraft crash and that's why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris kept causing aircraft crashes?

Two US Navy T-45 Goshawk training jets collided in mid-air near Ricardo in Texas, United States, on May 17, 2021.

https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/2794 ... r-in-texas

A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said.

https://apnews.com/article/us-military- ... 8cf4f253b3

An Air Force B-1B Lancer crashed at Ellsworth Air Force Base. It happened around 5 p.m. Thursday during a training mission with the crew trying to land on installation.

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_fo ... 60564.html

A advanced Navy helicopter crashed into San Diego Bay during a routine training mission Thursday evening and all six crew members on board survived, the Navy said.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-helic ... w-survive/

[saxitoxin]

This is why Americans love President Trump. He gets notified of the crash and immediately jumps on his phone to type out his first thoughts, feelings, and questions, autocorrect errors and all.



If this were Biden or Obama, the first communique would be a plastic, highly scripted statement written by a deputy staff assistant and posted by an intern, a la:

I have been fully briefed on today's incident and have instructed the Department of Transportation to undertake an immediate investigation. In the meantime, I have offered full federal support to the District of Columbia. I extend my condolences to the friends and family of the passengers and crewmembers.

The USA has never experienced the level of total transparency into the highest level of leadership we are experiencing under our best and last president.

[KoolBak]

Thank you saxi.

Mook's a little butthurt but at heart he's a good guy. Hopefully some time will help ....

[HitRed]

'Thoughts and prayers'

Praying for the souls and their families are Spiritual Works of Mercy. Attending a funeral, sending food trays or flowers are examples of Corporal Works of Mercy. These convey compassion and may bring comfort.

[Pack Rat]

https://share.newsbreak.com/b7efiffi

Trump and his nazi saluting buddy Elon are to blame.

[Pack Rat]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy trying to explain that there was communication between the tower and the helicopter and the plane? Thank God for the utter madness that Trump has caused.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT22sN93v/

[saxitoxin]

The air traffic controller training program is five months long. Trump has been president for 10 days. That means there's a 0% chance even one air traffic controller at Dulles was hired during the Trump Administration.

There is a chance some were hired by the Biden FAA which prioritized the hiring of people with "SEVERE intellectual disability."

- A "severe intellectual disability" is a person with an IQ of about 40.
- The average person's IQ is 104.
- Koko the Gorilla had an IQ of 70.
- If a dog could have its IQ measured it's estimated it would be the human equivalent of about 25.

[saxitoxin]

(For the record, my IQ is 136.)

[DirtyDishSoap]

I've seen some f*ck awful helicopter pilots when i was overseas, so it's not outside the realm that the guy was just an incompetent shit bag.

[saxitoxin]

This was Biden's nominee for FAA Administrator ...

Senator Budd: "What airspace requires an ADS-B transponder?"
Washington: "I'm not sure."
Senator Budd: "What are the six types of special use airspace that appear on FAA charts?"
Washington: "I can't answer that question."
Senator Budd: "What are the limitations of a pilot flying under basic med?"
Washington: "I'm not a pilot."
Senator Budd: "What causes an aircraft to spin or to stall?"
Washington: "I'm not a pilot."
Senator Budd: "What are the three aircraft certifications FAA requires as part of the manufacturing process? Do you know the three types?"
Washington: "No."
Senator Budd: "Do you know what the minimum separation distance is for landing and departing airliners during daytime?"
Washington: "I don't want to guess on that."

[ConfederateSS]

-------- Airports are understaft ... Across the country...19 doing the job of 30...At DCA....It goes back to Obama, rejecting 1,000 qualified controllers....For D.E.I. , controllers... Unqualified, and had mental problems.... TRUMP said he was going to fix it, but 2020A.D. election happened...If Obama screwed up... Everyone knew...D.C.s airport sucks...As far as TRUMP goes, what happened to 2017A.D.,2018A.D. ,2019A.D...etc...To fix Airports across the country????????....Not Obama, TRUMP.... Congress is to blame...It would take money to fix the Airports.... Congress holds the money...
--------- In 2023 A.D.....19 near misses... About the same in 2024 A.D.... Across the country...
---------- The day before yesterday's crash....a Plane had to pull up...To miss a helicopter.....Here is a thought....Stop the helicopter traffic near...D.C.'s airport...
----------- Being understaft...Is the main problem....It will take 3 years to train people, as qualified controllers...
---------So.........
------------GO GREYHOUND (or Amtrak, or a Ford,GM)...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
--------- I do not own stock in Greyhound...

[Pack Rat]

So, what you and others are telling us, that these non-White employees are to blame.

That's fukn fascist talk!

[ConfederateSS]

--------You are the one talking RACE....I said.... Qualified..... Unqualified......What does race....Have to do....With hiring people with mental issues...or other disabilities....To do a job...YOU HAVE TO BE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO.....WHEN LIVES ARE LITERALLY ON THE LINE...Like Air Traffic Controllers....
-------- During the Biden Administration...They did nothing about the air traffic....Booty...Was like the rest of you Democrats... Worried about make believe stuff...That might effect maybe 1% of America's population.... Racist roads....Make believe crap....Just think if Biden and Booty(Butigettig)of Transportation.... Would of done something about what effects ALL AMERICANS....The Airports...Or The Supply Chain....But the Democrats stay in their fantasy world.... That's why TRUMP is in the Whitehouse....... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
--------They had the military worrying about pronouns.... Instead of how to win a war...Fix your make up , instead of Artillery positions...etc..etc...Pete's got the military back on course....NO D.E.I.... ...

[jusplay4fun]

Trump and his nazi saluting buddy Elon are to blame.[/b]

Biden and Pete Buttigieg failed to HIRE enough air traffic controllers during their time in Office.

The US air traffic control system has been stretched nearly to its breaking point by a decades-long staffing shortage. It’s causing problems not just for the air traffic controllers that remain but the flying public at large.

And it won’t get better any time soon.

The Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the air traffic system, stepped up the pace of hiring in 2024 under President Joe Biden. But even though 2,000 qualified applicants were hired last year, they might only just barely replace the 1,100 who left the job either through retirement or due to the heavy toll the stressful job takes on those who enter the field.

That’s because nearly half of those hired in any given year will wash out of the program before they get to actually control aircraft after about three years from their initial start date.

So even with an increase in the pace of hiring, it could take as much as 8 to 9 years to reach full staffing, according to Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, the union representing 10,800 certified controllers across the nation. He said that 41% of the union’s members are working six days a week, 10 hours a day, just to provide a staffing level that still isn’t adequate. Those 10,800 controllers currently on the job are filling the 14,600 positions needed to meet the current demand.

“We’ve been raising the alarm on this for years on end,” Daniels told CNN. “We need air traffic controllers. We need maximum hiring, so that these stresses and pressures can be taken off of us who are holding the system together today.”

“If we’re going to recruit the best and brightest, we have to make this job (one) that people want to do,” he said.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/04/business/air-traffic-controller-shortage/index.html

[Dukasaur]

I heard that the reason for all these crashes is Tulsi Gabbard's spooks testing a secret new weapon system. Don't know if it's true, of course, but it's worth investigating.

[jusplay4fun]

Of course, it's TRUE, Duk. Everything your read ONLINE or hear in casual conversation MUST be true.

[Dukasaur]

[jusplay4fun]

I know; hence my equally sarcastic response.

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