I could write 3,000 words on the ghouls from both sides of the political aisle that started pointing fingers at each other in blame after the horrific news last night broke. All 67 aboard PSA 5342, flying a routine regional route for American Airlines from Wichita, Kansas into Reagan DCA were lost after a collision with a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter flying what Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called an “annual proficiency training flight.” Politics will inevitably enter into the equation, and eventually, politics, along with transparency and actual information, might lead to knowledge that will drive the implementation of steps to make sure such a heartbreaking event doesn’t happen again.
Commercial aviation is such a routine occurrence that about the only time people think about it is when there’s a weather delay, mechanical malfunction or a computer system…
