Matthew 'Whiz' Buckley

And I'll never forget one of my crusty flight instructors telling me, hey, Wiz, everybody's trying to kill you. including you. So keep your head on a swivel.

no exactly the the rj crew they were in the zone they were cleared to land gear down flaps down stabilized approach they're looking at the runway environment is there an airliner on there or somebody crossing that they are they're singularly focused if i was the captain of that rj and i heard a potential traffic call and i heard that traffic say hey that guy's in sight done i'm i'm gonna press forward here so nothing

no exactly the the rj crew they were in the zone they were cleared to land gear down flaps down stabilized approach they're looking at the runway environment is there an airliner on there or somebody crossing that they are they're singularly focused if i was the captain of that rj and i heard a potential traffic call and i heard that traffic say hey that guy's in sight done i'm i'm gonna press forward here so nothing

no exactly the the rj crew they were in the zone they were cleared to land gear down flaps down stabilized approach they're looking at the runway environment is there an airliner on there or somebody crossing that they are they're singularly focused if i was the captain of that rj and i heard a potential traffic call and i heard that traffic say hey that guy's in sight done i'm i'm gonna press forward here so nothing

on the RJ crew. And Megan, I'll be honest with you, as a naval aviator, after these type of mishaps, I'm torn, right? Because you don't want to spike the football, but also as an aviator, we want to dig into this. Half the crowd says, oh, we need to wait for the investigation. Everybody, nuh-uh. I'm not in that crowd. I'm in the crowd of, this is aviation, man.

on the RJ crew. And Megan, I'll be honest with you, as a naval aviator, after these type of mishaps, I'm torn, right? Because you don't want to spike the football, but also as an aviator, we want to dig into this. Half the crowd says, oh, we need to wait for the investigation. Everybody, nuh-uh. I'm not in that crowd. I'm in the crowd of, this is aviation, man.

on the RJ crew. And Megan, I'll be honest with you, as a naval aviator, after these type of mishaps, I'm torn, right? Because you don't want to spike the football, but also as an aviator, we want to dig into this. Half the crowd says, oh, we need to wait for the investigation. Everybody, nuh-uh. I'm not in that crowd. I'm in the crowd of, this is aviation, man.

We have got to figure out, what is it? Oxum's razor, right? The most reasonable thing often is. So in this case, The pilot in command of the Army helicopter is you sign for the jet. I was a single seat F-18 pilot. As a young 27-year-old kid, I took a pen and I signed for that airplane. I am the pilot in command and ultimately responsible.

We have got to figure out, what is it? Oxum's razor, right? The most reasonable thing often is. So in this case, The pilot in command of the Army helicopter is you sign for the jet. I was a single seat F-18 pilot. As a young 27-year-old kid, I took a pen and I signed for that airplane. I am the pilot in command and ultimately responsible.

We have got to figure out, what is it? Oxum's razor, right? The most reasonable thing often is. So in this case, The pilot in command of the Army helicopter is you sign for the jet. I was a single seat F-18 pilot. As a young 27-year-old kid, I took a pen and I signed for that airplane. I am the pilot in command and ultimately responsible.

So on that mission and last night when, hey, traffic in sight, I got this. Again, I hate talking like this in this type of moment, but at the end of the day, it's most likely going to come down to that. Since day one of aviation, Megan, it's don't hit anything in the sky or anything on the ground. That's kind of rule number one of aviation. The controllers do their best to help us out.

So on that mission and last night when, hey, traffic in sight, I got this. Again, I hate talking like this in this type of moment, but at the end of the day, it's most likely going to come down to that. Since day one of aviation, Megan, it's don't hit anything in the sky or anything on the ground. That's kind of rule number one of aviation. The controllers do their best to help us out.

So on that mission and last night when, hey, traffic in sight, I got this. Again, I hate talking like this in this type of moment, but at the end of the day, it's most likely going to come down to that. Since day one of aviation, Megan, it's don't hit anything in the sky or anything on the ground. That's kind of rule number one of aviation. The controllers do their best to help us out.

But at the end of the day, it's eyeballs in the cockpit. And as I said earlier, everybody in aviation is trying to kill you, including you. So you have to keep your head on a swivel. And as John alluded to, no error. No, and in and around Reagan, you know, DCA, that whole area, it's almost the Battle of Britain sometimes.

But at the end of the day, it's eyeballs in the cockpit. And as I said earlier, everybody in aviation is trying to kill you, including you. So you have to keep your head on a swivel. And as John alluded to, no error. No, and in and around Reagan, you know, DCA, that whole area, it's almost the Battle of Britain sometimes.

But at the end of the day, it's eyeballs in the cockpit. And as I said earlier, everybody in aviation is trying to kill you, including you. So you have to keep your head on a swivel. And as John alluded to, no error. No, and in and around Reagan, you know, DCA, that whole area, it's almost the Battle of Britain sometimes.

You have VIP helicopters, you got airliners, and it's very crowded airspace, even though it's the most controlled airspace on the planet, especially after 9-11. Yeah. After this mishap, the hair on the back of the neck is going to stand up with a lot of aviators in a lot of environments that say, hey, man, we have got to keep eyeballs out of the cockpit and let's not hit anything.

You have VIP helicopters, you got airliners, and it's very crowded airspace, even though it's the most controlled airspace on the planet, especially after 9-11. Yeah. After this mishap, the hair on the back of the neck is going to stand up with a lot of aviators in a lot of environments that say, hey, man, we have got to keep eyeballs out of the cockpit and let's not hit anything.

You have VIP helicopters, you got airliners, and it's very crowded airspace, even though it's the most controlled airspace on the planet, especially after 9-11. Yeah. After this mishap, the hair on the back of the neck is going to stand up with a lot of aviators in a lot of environments that say, hey, man, we have got to keep eyeballs out of the cockpit and let's not hit anything.

Mission objective number one.