Comments on: Hudson Collision http://www.fearoflanding.com/accidents/hudson-collision/ The Art of Not Hitting the Ground Too Hard Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sylvia http://www.fearoflanding.com/accidents/hudson-collision/#comment-20365 Sylvia Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:20:12 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=1765#comment-20365 The video is interesting. One comment was that the pilot seemed to have his head in the cockpit (messing with the radio?) until the last minute. I made a point of including the FAA quote confirming that the controllers did not contribute to the accident as the headline has been generating a lot of excitement. I didn't see that omitting the news was a better option, tbh. AOPA have made it clear that they will argue vehemently against closing the corridor. I guess until the NTSB finish their investigation we're all in a holding pattern... The video is interesting. One comment was that the pilot seemed to have his head in the cockpit (messing with the radio?) until the last minute.

I made a point of including the FAA quote confirming that the controllers did not contribute to the accident as the headline has been generating a lot of excitement. I didn’t see that omitting the news was a better option, tbh.

AOPA have made it clear that they will argue vehemently against closing the corridor. I guess until the NTSB finish their investigation we’re all in a holding pattern…

]]> By: Bill http://www.fearoflanding.com/accidents/hudson-collision/#comment-20361 Bill Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:11:07 +0000 http://www.fearoflanding.com/?p=1765#comment-20361 Well, it sure looks like the Piper pilot saw the chopper at the last second and tried to make an evasive maneuver. The controller had nothing to do with this crash. While he shouldn't have been on the phone with his girlfriend at the time, he could have easily been on the phone with another controller or just watching his radar screen at the same time with th exact same outcome. That corridor is see-and-avoid, and the pilots of those aircraft didn't. The controller may have parked his car in a handicap parking space that day also, and while not allowed, that didn't cause the crash either. The fact that thousands of aircraft use this corridor, and the accidents are very rare demonstrates that drastic and immediate action by politicians is unnecessary. It's also annoying to see the knee-jerk quick-fixes that try to get thrown at these things that don't make a difference - or make it worse. (require filing a flight plan, separate airplanes and helicopters by time of day, close the corridor, etc.) Cars crash into each other on perfectly fine roads every day, through no fault of anyone but the drivers involved. Same deal here. Turn your lights on, stay to the right, and keep looking outside!!! Well, it sure looks like the Piper pilot saw the chopper at the last second and tried to make an evasive maneuver.
The controller had nothing to do with this crash. While he shouldn’t have been on the phone with his girlfriend at the time, he could have easily been on the phone with another controller or just watching his radar screen at the same time with th exact same outcome. That corridor is see-and-avoid, and the pilots of those aircraft didn’t. The controller may have parked his car in a handicap parking space that day also, and while not allowed, that didn’t cause the crash either.
The fact that thousands of aircraft use this corridor, and the accidents are very rare demonstrates that drastic and immediate action by politicians is unnecessary. It’s also annoying to see the knee-jerk quick-fixes that try to get thrown at these things that don’t make a difference – or make it worse. (require filing a flight plan, separate airplanes and helicopters by time of day, close the corridor, etc.)
Cars crash into each other on perfectly fine roads every day, through no fault of anyone but the drivers involved. Same deal here.
Turn your lights on, stay to the right, and keep looking outside!!!

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