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Comment by alistairSH

7 months ago

Was there something in their personal life or career to warrant that - a setback, some family situation? Otherwise they seemed qualified and flew that route a few times already.

Beyond her general lack of flight-time? Her primary role appeared to be some sort of liaison in DC, not flying Blackhawks.

450 hours over 5 years for a Army helicopter pilot stateside doesn't seem to be abnormally low.

  • That's only 90 hours/year. Not even 2 hours/week.

    That may be common for an Army pilot, but for somebody expected to fly during wartime, transport VIPs under stressful conditions, etc that's pretty goddam minimal.

    • Is that based on something other than vibes?

      From what I can tell, that's the low end of average, but that's based on 5ish mins of fact-checking.

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    • One part of an emergency plan is making sure people can back each other up and fill in if necessary. Which in practice means some people in backup / if-needed roles will be near the low end of whatever time minimums they need to maintain, yet still need to fly sometimes.