FAA report states that staffing of air control tower was “not normal” the night of the DC crash.
NTSB: NO BLACK BOXES RECOVERED FROM DC MID-AIR CRASH
Investigators say neither the American Airlines jet nor the military Black Hawk helicopter had black boxes retrieved yet.
As we suspected - Trump knew more than what was relayed. That's why Trump's focus at his 11a press conference today was DEI. It lead to staffing shortages
A former Black Hawk pilot revealed that the military helicopter involved in last night's Washington D.C. crash did not have a standard voice recorder or black box.
As a result, investigators will have to rely on external air traffic control tower recordings and videos from various angles to piece together the events.
Officials have stated that the BlackHawk helicopter was on a training flight.
"LIMA model Blackhawk" has no standard voice recorder
Kenny Holston/The New York Times
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A scandal at the FAA has been moving on a slow-burn through the courts for a decade, culminating in the class-action lawsuit currently known as Brigida v.
@SecretaryPete
, brought by a class who spent years and thousands of dollars in coursework to become air traffic controllers, only to be dismissed by a pass-fail biographical questionnaire with a >90% fail rate, implemented without warning after many of them had already taken, and passed, a skill assessment. The questionnaire awarded points for factors like "lowest grade in high school is science," something explicitly admitted by the FAA in a motion to deny class certification.
Mainstream outlets have given it sparse coverage, for reasons that will become clear shortly. Right-wing sources paid attention initially, but few ran follow-ups or took a close look at the court filings. So: What exactly is going on? How did all of this happen?
I am not a professional. I am a law student with a part-time job on
@TheBARPod
, a podcast about internet nonsense, and a side hobby of sticking my nose where it doesn't belong. I wanted, and want, to do a thorough report on this when I get the time. But the story is big enough, and spreading fast enough, that I want to make sure that people have access to accurate info as quickly as possible.
First, though: court filings are public records, but they are often expensive and difficult to obtain. Tools like RECAP help, but I was lucky to have people around me willing to pay the $80 in PACER fees for a few of the documents. This story is much larger than me and I do not want people to have to rely on me for it. Here are the court documents I have: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17Vi9dDtZvbwHDafrygRGYcG888f-6PDs?usp=sharing Most of the interesting exhibits are in 139. Please look for yourself if this story catches your interest.
https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1752091831095939471
https://x.com/MSLF/status/1882483936275943708