Salvage work to remove aircraft from Potomac River begins today

Former Navy pilot and aviation attorney Dan Rose discusses the deadly midair collision in Washington, D.C., and what we hope to learn from the helicopter’s black box.
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[@etheljanefontenot2970]

No matter who they were it is a sad thing to lose them .We pray for the families.

[@jaydubya9265]

All air tragedies suck but this one just pisses me off.

[@LetMeLeaveThisRatRace]

That dumbfuck Army pilot killed those people. And Trump fucking with the FAA and ATC DIDN'T HELP. INCOMPETENCE!!!

[@mrwilliamwonder]

A chopper flying low at night where planes land and take off one after the other. Then they complain that their goggles make it difficult to see or some chit. Total BS

[@stephanied1028]

Seems like keep trying to make excuses for the helicopter pilot. He was flying too high. One of many mistakes.

[@Sara-706]

She* we only know this much about the pilot’s identity.

[@bigbalashotcalla2947]

@@Sara-706At 2:10 in the video they confirm the identity of the pilot.

[@flexibledreamer7846]

It’s alleged that her name is (officer rank unknown) *Megan Skalla* was piloting the black hawk

[@sandyg202]

@@flexibledreamer7846 I thought they said the pilot was a 39 year old male.

[@thetoughgroup]

Correct, and the more these experts make excuses for the Army pilots, the more obvious it is that this was no accident.

[@scillyautomatic]

Heartbreaking to hear the thoughts and dreams of the young ice skaters.

[@angelhavenministry]

Dear Lord, take these precious young souls, and all on these tragic flights into your loving arms, give them eternal peace with you Lord. Please comfort their families and friends, give them your peace, heal their hearts...

[@ft.jackjimmy7282]

Some air craft enthusiasts (not me) have explained what "visual separation" meant, and it typically means using just pure human vision to separate your own air craft from another one in the sky. The heli pilot asked permission to use "visual separation" when it is night time and in an area of congested civilian planes. Using just your own eyes to separate between planes instead of the "highly praised" technological instruments on board can only suggest the pilots WERE training their ability to navigate with their own eyes at night. But how do you accurately navigate when you don't know which is the right plane to look for, nor see how far you are from the ground. Thus the pilot saw the wrong plane and is flying way too high.

[@raulestevez7307]

Family dying, young kids, dying on your birthday. This is just tragic 😢

[@BigHouse907]

The controller wasn’t hoping anything. He asked a question and got an answer. That was a chickenshit comment.

[@karronlaneNOLA]

yes. inappropiate comment.

[@Florida_Drone_Dude]

How is this comment inappropriate? Its a human factors topic.

[@alexacongas660]

For He owns everything🙏🙏🙏 nothing more to say. Keep praying and know that He is our God. Condolences to the bereaved families.

[@mbwell]

Disney on Ice 😢😢😢. Shattered dreams at such a youthful age.

[@Sylvan_dB]

The helicopter pilot was flying the wrong altitude. The only question is *WHY*.

[@kaispirit2079]

Sad, especially the kids who passed. RIP. 🙏

[@williamsoto4211]

A chopper can maneuver faster then a plane

[@michaelmunro8147]

My prayers go out to everyone involved 🙏

[@oldninjarider]

Why is the Army doing training missions at night, in the airspace of one of the busiest airports in the US?

[@LoriCLove71]

I'd like to know that as well.

[@Andrew54123]

The point of the training was to practice that specific route at night. I don't understand the confusion there.

[@lxndis]

I guess this is routine for them…

[@regould221]

Would you prefer that new pilots take a new route with no training. How do you expect people to learn how the real world works without doing things in the real world.

[@Andrew54123]

@@regould221 they weren’t even new pilots. All pilots have routine training to stay proficient.

[@sudhapatnaik8703]

Rip. Praying for the family 🙏

[@sergiovicente5331]

I can't fly my 256g drone near any airport 10 feet from the ground, but the military can fly a war helicopter under a civil plane ???

[@mrwilliamwonder]

Ya, I had no idea

[@shellstacey5199]

Love and condolences from the uk 😢

[@MaryNapier-f4b]

RIP in peace everyone that was on that pllane my heart ❤️ gies out to you all also to all the family's god bless you all alsoo those that where in the helicopter RIP also 🙏

[@jodysterk8771]

Rest in peace everybody this is a horrible tragedy very sad to see all these young hopefuls die

[@louisedavis]

Stop making excuses for the army, it was the helicopter fault, that's my opinion.

[@Newfoundadventures-2024]

Still no name on the Helicopter pilot

[@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700]

I heard the family ask not to let the name known. Not sure how reliable it was

[@juliegwilliam8503]

Ms AI REMOTE????

[@Chuck-js8dy]

DEI

[@imthecreatorofmyrealitymyf700]

@@Harv3st I don’t believe you but I kind of believe because I read where the family is asking not to make the name know 😂😂😂

[@lspiegel5704]

@@Chuck-js8dyAgain, go away and grow up!

[@D-TRIL]

🙏🏾Landing lights need to be more brighter 🙏🏾

[@bonniecreighton4163]

There are no words.😢😢😢

[@LC-jo7fq]

Why didnt the tower see what was about to happen.. why wouldnt he tell the black hawk pilot they were 150ft too high. They should have known the ceiling was 200ft

[@denisemarcus5633]

Got more condolences from the Press than our President and his lazy DEI message. 😢

[@SunnybobQuackers-b2l]

You are turning your anger at this tragedy into your anger at Harris losing.

[@denisemarcus5633]

Not asking your opinion Internet BOT. 😒Can't fix slang DEI President.

[@BarryDorman-mo1nw]

It doesnt matter what the controller tells the pilot if the pilot does obey. They controller contacted the blackhawk two times about the his flight path. The blackhawk pilot is at fault.

[@juliemarie5926]

It seems so.

[@michaelg8465]

No! They don't know yet. The controller should have been more emphatic.

[@jodysterk8771]

Hundred percent the pilot of the helicopter fault what were they doing?

[@marcusgarvey6231]

@@michaelg8465Helicopters are nimble and maneuverable. Pilot could have veered left or right.

[@WaveisWack]

@@michaelg8465 the helicopter ads-b in. They have a similar screen the controllers have that shows were every plane in the area is. The pilot and controller both see the same thing. ONLY THE PILOT CAN ACTAULLY SEE INFRONT OF THEM AND NOT CRASH.

[@2023StormS]

Suspicious

[@BJ-dv7dk]

My heart is broken for everyone involved.

[@gamerboymark075]

Rest in peace to the death spread your wings and fly high the truth will come out 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@brightmanfan]

Back to basics, the helicopter should have been no higher than 200 feet in that area...

[@FTYC2022]

Right. Helicopters should not have been flying there at all

[@Sharon-yk7xm]

Helicopter hit the plane stop making excuses it should not have been there

[@robertphillips2983]

Good man Mr Rose, you've spoken the truth and highlighted the main root cause of this tradgic accident. No matter the other contributing causes (Helo pilot too high), this is the basic problem. A nominal vertical clearance of 200 feet is, as you said, unacceptable. The airspace at the end of this active runway needs to be redesigned, (no traffic passing 200ft underneath landing aircraft), to make it sterile for aircraft with landing clearance, appoaching the runway, so that this never happens again!!

[@elmonte-xt2wd]

sad sad sad indeed.

[@jodysterk8771]

Was that helicopter pilot doing? Why weren’t they listening? Why were they up there? They shouldn’t have been there.

[@North_West1]

They listened, acknowledged , & repeated instructions to ATC.

[@jpdemer5]

They were flying above their assigned ceiling. We may never know why. They also reported having visual on the CRJ, when -apparently- they didn't actually have eyes on it. We can only speculate that they were looking at the wrong plane. That was all it took to cause the collision. Everything else was done by the book, which tells us that the book needs to be revised. (The ATC didn't seem to know that that the helo was out of its assigned flight path; the 200 ft ceiling should be programmed into the radar system so that an excursion triggers a warning.)

[@DRventura333]

Some tourist photos show "debris" all the way up to somewhere close to a hotel called Watergate in Washington, D.C. Please keep looking as far up that river as possible to find all the lost souls their possible items for their families to have something of them after this tragedy. We are not engineers but the immediate initial video shows exactly what transpired.

[@flightsimdev]

Visual separation at night, what stupidity is this, only in America do they allow this, I hope that changes.

[@ittybittyattic]

They were training for evacuation of government people at night. Which is fine, military personnel has to be trained for all kinds of circumstances. However, why were they allowed to fly at a higher altitude? They should have been instructed from the get go to drop it and that didn’t happen. Or be told to turn around to avoid collision with the CRJ about to land.

[@slotvalleyracing]

Can a plane flying over a BlackHawk have the wind and lift needed for the plane to fly pulled out from under the wings and cause a problem? I know that is not what happened here but how many times in a year do they actually fly under a passing jet?

[@patiencewalters409]

Why was the Helicopter flying above 300ft there? Why did the Control tower give the helicopter limited instructions? There were other plans landing at the airport......

[@lspiegel5704]

Do you seriously think the only instructions given to the helicopter were the ones you heard in this video? Get some common sense.

[@shy404usernotfound]

Probably because they only had 1 person working in air traffic control that night because Trump had just fired everyone else in the name of no more dei. Because dei apparently made them incompetent at their jobs. Yet we have had no crashes since 09'...... that was until now....after him....lol...now there's been two in just days. But surelyyyyy it's not Trump's fault right lol. 😅

[@regould221]

@@lspiegel5704 Go to VASAviation if you want all the audio.

[@sandyg202]

From what I heard from a army pilot is that helicopters there are on a different frequency than the commercial planes and are directed by the army. Doesn't make any sense to have the helicopters flying around a busy airport!

[@regould221]

@@sandyg202 I understand they are on a different frequency but there are ATC tapes of the ATC person talking to both the commercial jet and the helicopter. ATC can communicate on both frequencies.

[@robertpresha9504]

Well they did not see that big ass plane with lights that would blind you from 2 miles away. So they had to have their heads down looking at something else. They F up.Big time. And that chopper can move like a cat real fast.Ither they did it on purpose or were not paying attention. Not to mention that is a real bad area for them to be flying in with all that traffic and all those souls on those planes. End of story

[@bluehollar6127]

That wasn't the pilot that answered, the pilot was a female trainee. The chopper had no business being where it was

[@nancyanne1402]

The trainee obviously had a pilot with her. Why has SHE not been identified? Why is HER picture not all over the news? Now that the media has identified him as the pilot, people will have decided he was flying. As is typical. First thing anyone does is blame the pilot, even better off they can put it on the male. Who are they hiding? Also, please let’s put out the info on the ATCs. The one who was left alone, and the one who left. Who allowed one to leave and leave the other short? We need info, info they DO have. Why aren’t they sharing? WHAT are they hiding?

[@jessicavegan]

@@nancyanne1402 Worse is the clown president blaming it on everyone but himself and his crappy policies!

[@duncandmcgrath6290]

@@Sandra-hy7pgHow about Afghanistan?

[@Andrew54123]

@@bluehollar6127 they weren’t “trainees”. Army pilots all go through flight school in Alabama. There is a difference between being a student pilot, and being a certified pilot and doing proficiency training (practice). Completely different things.

[@tomhenry897]

Yes it did

[@enfield7123]

A black hawk helicopter with more tec then Tesla car crash into a jet how was this possible

[@roberthak3695]

Human sacrifices... the gods need sacrifices.

[@Chuck-js8dy]

DEI

[@Bigpopp1]

If you think you are watching the correct aircraft that tower asks you about and your wrong it can happen. When you’re wearing nvg at night all lights out there are super bright and you have no peripheral vision. Ultimately it’s unfortunate but mistaken one aircraft for another will most likely be the cause.

[@MrEd94]

@@Chuck-js8dy mong

[@lspiegel5704]

@@Chuck-js8dyYou’re not funny and you’re not helping. Grow up!

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

You have to feel for those people .

[@MrHeyhomes]

1987 same river, Ronald Regan in white house. They blamed the pilot back then after hitting a bridge. No one has ever blamed the piss poor location of the airport and the piss poor paths the airspace around it navigate

[@SunnybobQuackers-b2l]

Ice on the wings was the cause as well as poor visibility and deicing NOT done just before takeoff

[@bayleysvon]

He’s assuming that they already thought they were looking at the wrong plane. The other plane was at 1200 ft and just took off….

[@thetoughgroup]

Exactly. There's much deception at play here.

[@jpdemer5]

More likely they were looking straight ahead at the next plane in line to land, not at a plane taking off and headed away from them. The CRJ was above them and to their left - either they didn't see it at all (wearing night vision goggles, maybe?) or didn't appreciate that it was going to turn in front of them. (You have a pilot and a co-pilot; for safety in a crowded sky, I think one of them should _not_ be wearing the goggles so as to maintain a full field of view.)

[@shekulukulay8046]

The demons are very busy lately, isn’t it? 😢

[@TheIntellect8]

So who was the third pilot in the Blackhawk?

[@MelissaAustinFR]

The justice system isn’t always fair, leaving some victims without closure. ⚖

[@mrscynthiasayles]

5:10 is Dan serious? The chopper pilot acknowledged he saw the crj and that he was moving out of the way! Also traffic was LOW and the tower activity was SLOW. This is not the air traffic control reps fault at all! We have to be able to normalize saying that the military was AT FAULT.

[@naomiwaetford2719]

Mmm…they said it was one man doing two ppl’s jobs.

[@naomiwaetford2719]

There were supposed to be two but one was sent home that evening.

[@naomiwaetford2719]

The pilot was flying way above what it was supposed to be flying at is the only known fact.

[@mrscynthiasayles]

@@naomiwaetford2719 the chopper was also OFF the designated path it was supposed to be on. It veered East after passing over Hains Point. I'm from DC and familiar with this area. The NTSB Chief provided additional facts today. US ARMY AT FAULT COMPLETELY.

[@naomiwaetford2719]

@ , not completely, sweetie!! The fact still remains that there were supposed to be two ppl in the tower, period. Why did they send one home and not have a replacement?

[@cookieaszbach4822]

IN short : Serious amount of excuses.

[@MC-mf8rl]

Never should of happened 😢

[@ScrapManDiaries]

Will the black box tell us the name of the 2nd pilot?

[@BrosephtheAsian]

No, it records audio and flight data. Unless the pilot says their name there is no way to know

[@Syreious]

I read that the victim's family wishes not to release their name at this time.

[@michaelotoo5543]

His call dead on arrival 😂

[@Sara-706]

@@Syreiouswell that lady shouldn’t get special privileges. She was the one at the helm and drove that helo into the plane. If your family was killed, wouldn’t you want to know the name of the person at fault?

[@Syreious]

@@Sara-706 Anger is a natural response but compassion towards the other family is the only way to heal. Finding out their name I believe will drive retribution and that won't help anyone.

[@fxrivrgirl]

So tragic

[@NRR364]

ABC can you inquire if the third person in the helicopter was a VIP being transported?

[@North_West1]

Most days VIPs would have been on board.

[@Whatsahandle779]

Very haunting:(

[@giasmagazine8221]

The helicopter pilot got the elevation wrong! Must have thought that it was at 200ft

[@EasyGoer-e3z]

AF447 100s of Passengers SMASHED into Middle of Open Ocean in Pitch Dark Night and Many Bodies Found Over 2 Years Later "2 1/2 MILES" Down on Ocean Floor Still Strapped to Seats....Passenger Air Travel Although a BRILLIANT Technological Feat is Also a Very Sick & Twisted Concept We Become Immune to

[@Mel-jy3kq]

Requesting visual separation before flying directly into a jet. - American military

[@helouhelou7531]

At 8:45 when the TOWER alerts the Black Hack Pilot the Jet is approaching, at 8:47 the Tower asks the PAT25 to confirm, do you have the CRJ, in sight? And seconds later the Tower told the PAT25, to pass behind the CRJ that moment impact had happened. It seems that many things failed. First, there were 2 or 3 minutes between the Tower alert and the impact happened when ATC asked the Pilot to keep insight into the approaching JET someone was not doing the math correctly intentionally or unintentionally, the jet was coming, the Helicopter was in the wrong altitude and the middle of the river, ATC told him to go behind it if he sees it but in this case, the Helicopter not stopping there to give way to the AA5342 the Black Hack was flying too if he has to go around it, that time he doesn't know where was the JET and if he sees it can he go deep East? he has restricted path and This is a short time and maybe he was in a level and got abstracted by the city light and couldn't see the right flight.

[@SAHMMaryplus2]

Devasting

[@CountyLaw]

Why aren't they showing the name and picture of the Blackhawk pilot?

[@Sylvan_dB]

Who was the helicopter pilot?

[@stylus2253]

Why did the helo seem to go toward the jet both laterally and vertically? Are these vehicles (incdg the ship in Balto harbor) being remotely commandeered?

[@anubizz3]

above 300ft? its more than 350ft almost 400ft... its almost double the bloody limit...

[@HartwoodFurniture]

someone posted a tape recording suggesting the hawk was ordered back to base with no reply

[@PoofyPoryin]

True crime reminds us that monsters often look just like us. 😱

[@gilleslessge5611]

Why do you keep avoiding to name and point out the third crew member in that Blackhawk? Is it because it was the female pilot responsible for the crash?

[@AddictedToMoney23]

200ft at night going under a landing plane with a training pilot seems crazy …but shouldn’t the expert helicopter pilots that were there also notice that they were flying over 200ft after they were instructed too? Shouldn’t there head be on a swivel looking for planes? Smh

[@anubizz3]

not only that they should hug the outer end of the river , while the helicopter pilot zigzag the route like they own the place...

[@BlessedTruly2014]

Has there not been so many wrecks because only 1 person manning all the planes? Can we not learn from past mistakes???

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

I think they sighted the other plane and lights of crash plane lokked like shore lights

[@Top5Dre]

Helicopter was looking a the wrong plane and never even seen the plane till the last min bottom line

[@greglaplante7593]

Both was looking at the wrong plane? No

[@ricknielsen3059]

They damn here went head on. Why didn’t the pilot of the helicopter not see the commercial plane with its bright lights coming straight at it towards the airport

[@scillyautomatic]

There is a very good video on YT on the Blancolirio channel that answers all those questions.

[@jaydubya9265]

Hoover on Pilot Debrief has a good explanation as well

[@marcusgarvey6231]

And veer left or right?

[@FTYC2022]

The bright light was at the front of the commercial jet, not the side where it was tboned. The heli couldn't see the front light from it's position

[@cj329]

Turn here, turn there. Did they have enough fun flying ?

[@sarahvogel2931]

if the helicopter was actively monitoring it on there helicopter would it show up on there monitor? unless it wasn't working properly

[@michaelaiken8916]

Where is the four people they initially said were pulled out alive how come no one wants to talk about them anymore?

[@tomhenry897]

Where you hear that from

[@tragedyturnedtriumph4180]

Beside it being someone in training with hardly any experience, why would they have trainnies doing it at night where it the most dangerous & in a busy intersection where it's know to be tricky?....

[@artint.1519]

Tower control should of said plane at 10 o’clock

[@karronlaneNOLA]

good report but i disagree with his assessment of the atc. i think the hawk was aware but mistakenly looking at a different plane until it was too late. very sad. rip to the victims.

[@DianeGaudet66]

The mind of a psychopath is a terrifying place to explore. 🧠

[@tysgem7]

if there are a number of bodies still in the fuselage, that lets me know they may have drowned or suffered from hyperthermia. What I don't understand is why did I hear a male voice from the copter if there was a female at the wheel. Now that we know there were 5 ppl in the tower that night the ATC intervened 3x w the copter to bring attention to this inevitable crash. The copter had a chance to stop, move left, slow down, fly under 200 ft. Now we also know the copter driver was a female with only 500 flying miles. SMH

[@Gravity222]

How you can’t see this huge plane right in front of you ???! It’s a war helicopter, knight version, all that electronics ! , how, how?????!!!

[@sarabrant723]

They were not facing the plane they were facing the other way the plane was at their 5:00 the pilot in the plane could only see from 12 to 3:00 and 9 to 12:00 there were not 2 other people in the helicopter like there should have been to look out the back

[@YdnickniL]

Name of the pilot is not necessary. It happened he or she has passed. Total tragedy. Don't need people's names to grieve for their families.

[@Sara-706]

Of your family was killed by someone at the helm, wouldn’t you want to know who it was and have them fully investigated?

[@YdnickniL]

Certainly but the name doesn't need to be in the news. Imagine the family of the pilot. They lost someone too. Imagine someone pointing the blame at your family

[@homespace1268]

The public has a right to know who was on the planes...if they keep refusing to identify the 3rd person on the helicopter it's suspicious.

[@hiteck007]

What happened to the Crash Avoidance system?? It usually Yells at the pilots" Crash Imminent turn left or right now depending on positions of detected aircraft, the system works out the appropriate action & the pilot must respond instantly to avoid a crash. This is my understanding of the system which works this out based on other Transponders running in the area, unless someone didn't turn their Transponder on which is Illegal at least in Australia, which would result in one CA system not being aware of the other aircraft and think things are all good. I'll add on seeing the radar video the Transponders had to be both on for the radar to know who is who. I always want to know what went wrong in these crashes

[@luminousmoon86]

You're talking about TCAS, which doesn't alert when an aircraft is under 1000 feet, which was the case here. The reasoning has to do with the low altitude, and the assumption that a plane that's at low altitude is landing or taking off, during which time there's expected to be lots of relatively close aircraft traffic and therefore the constant alarms could be distracting to a pilot while trying to land or take off. Usually at such low altitudes, air traffic control will assume a greater responsibility to ensure that any aircraft remain separated.

[@hiteck007]

@@luminousmoon86 Yep your absolutely right I forgot about the height limit shut off. I've never flown an aircraft with one. Small aircraft don't have it. I guess it really comes to the fact the helicopter was flying across a circuit path & at the wrong height apparently. In Australia I've flown both helicopters & planes and neither are allowed to cross a circuit path at an airport. It's join a circuit with appropriate radio calls or not be there no matter what aircraft your flying. Well I await the report because they won't miss anything hay. Thanks for putting me straight on that, I actually had forgotten about that for the reason above.

[@MidnightWarrior1976]

This accident was inevitable.

[@juliegwilliam8503]

p.s we're any black hawks left behind in Afghanistan??? Asking for a friend 😮

[@Bigpopp1]

wtf does that even matter?

[@lightning9279]

Yeah, Trump got elected the first time by saying he would end the war. He actually funded the war for four years. Then had the audacity to blame, Let me smell your hair Biden for ending it.

[@lesliegmn3927]

@@Bigpopp1 A trolling question, as it’s alleged that a zillion dollars worth of defense materials were left behind in Afghanistan.

[@jellybean8167]

......and Point 4 Are we alsogoing to see that the helo was 100 to 150 feet too high ? or are your boys gonna manage to cover that one up?11

[@oliv9768]

Why is this person speculating and, ultimately, misleading other people ?

[@Shanetris]

Omg this is just so sad

[@hoodninjaX]

FEMALE HELICOPTER PILOTS LAST NAME IS LOBACH WHICH MEANS “RIVER” 👀

[@williamsoto4211]

To complasive on that chopper

[@metalfaceoff945]

Why don’t they clone the pilots to bring them back to life and ask them what they were thinking.

[@8Manny]

What are full of crap? How do you say it was night like that the helicopter pilot didn’t see the lights of the commercial planes not only that also it was a clear night like what he was blind also there were 4 people in the helicopter all of them was blind to see the lights

[@Bigpopp1]

? Have you ever flown with nvg’s in a city around an airport? That alone is difficult let alone doing it thinking the aircraft your looking at is the one you need to to worry about while actually flying in the direction of the one that you should be worried about. Nvg’s have no peripheral vision. They probably didn’t see it until it was directly next to them and that’s too late due to the altitude they were at.

[@shy404usernotfound]

STFU. You're not even American.

[@homespace1268]

They keep making excuses for the helicopter saying it's no big deal that it was 100 feet too high and give them a break because they literally can't see anything! Well they killed 67 people...maybe if they can't see anything don't do training around airports! That helicopter was driving crazy and prevented the jet from landing safely.

[@saraty4415]

Clearly a direct hit what a cover up

[@BenteMarianne-n5c]

Some criminals become legends, inspiring fear long after their capture. 😱

[@jamesgleeson6538]

Why was military and FAA sharing same airspace without having a means to communicate? That is the problem..Is it ok to assume Trumps cutback on funding is the problem?

[@greglaplante7593]

I’m sorry I believe he rammed that helicopter into the plane.. no way he did not see that big bright lights of the plane.😡😡😡😡😡

[@denniscourtney-d8k]

DEI encourages promotion by race, and gender or gender preference over whether a person is qualified for a job or not. I prefer someone that is qualified. I don't give a flying fk what your race or gender is.

[@FTYC2022]

Wrong comment section. Fox is next door🙄

[@MsJoyce31202]

😢

[@ChadMathews-f4r]

Sounds like air traffic control kinda did this