Last week it was DEI initiatives in Air Traffic Control that caused it, so forgive me if I’m not fully sold DEI was the culprit in the case of a helicopter pilot who has been flying a helicopter for years without crashing them suddenly did so. If you just blame DEI at the forefront and wait to find the first non-white male employee involved in any way, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
You're talking about operations and overall governance, which is not an individual result (though I would agree that some of their performance was lacking).
Captain Lobach by all accounts was an experienced pilot that was able to meet all the criteria required in a rigorous military training and testing program. She was not a "DEI hire" unless you are implying all women in the military are DEI hires.
If she were pictured wearing a MAGA hat you would have tripped over yourself running to defend her.
One major issue I have with this new “blame DEI” play is that if the standards were lowered so much that you can no longer trust them, why is it only being used to go after non-white men? If a white man makes a mistake in his job, could he not also be an employee that is under-qualified? If an isolated incident occurs, such as a helicopter running into an airplane, why is the identity of the pilot any sign of anything? The new standards are already in place for any employee, so we can just look at the standards themselves and determine if they’re adequate, right?
"By all accounts" meaning by all the information we have of her. Her training background. Her experience (450+ flight hours). Her educational back ground. Nothing suggests she wasn't qualified to be pilot. Insinuating she was a DEI because of her political beliefs is belittling her service record.
Is there any evidence that military pilot training standards have been lowered? Because I certainly am not aware of them. And certainly my friends and family in the military are not aware of that either. In fact, it would extremely surprising if that were true.
The problem.with DEI is rightfully brings into question the qualifications of everyone, especially those who check the DEI boxes.
This person worked for Joe Biden, so probably a political activist. She was a woman. Check that box. She was gay! Hell yes, get her in the fleet ASAP
You can watch that video and incompetence is a charitable attribute. Someone, somewhere failed
Tapate50 (02-04-2025)
When I board a flight, I'm relieved to see male pilots.
Not because females can't fly the planes. But because if some emergency happened, I trust the men to handle that adversity much better.
My combat military friends often shared storied about women losing their **** when things got dangerous, and that they would have to expend as much energy on getting through the situation as they would getting themselves.
In clthe case of the helicopter, I'm sure this pilot was being told she was flying in the path of a plane. But something happened to where she didn't do anything about it
Very tragic
To be fair, I have been consistently neglecting to consider whether or not you personally trust their decision-making abilities under pressure when I try to ascertain if they’re qualified to fly a helicopter. Can I get a hierarchy of which traits make someone a more adept pilot? I’d hate to get on a plane with a pilot under 6’ tall if it might make you feel unsafe.
Apparently she confirmed she saw it, which means she was likely looking at the wrong plane.
Like I said earlier, this isn't 1 person's fault. It was a combination of events. All I know is that it is poor taste for a civilian to call into question the achievements and qualifications of military personnel.
Sounds tedious.
I think in general, men handle danger better than women, and handle adversity better as well.
Hell I work in corporate America... 93% of complaints to HR are from women. I'm sure plenty of that is justified... but when faced with adversity, they run to someone else to help much more frequently than the men do
If a plane is falling out the sky, there's not too many people to run to for help