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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/

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.

- 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.

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."

Pack Rat wrote:Trump and his nazi saluting buddy Elon are to blame.[/b]

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.

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