"Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time, and the crew chief was also said to have hundreds of hours of flight time."
Well none of them appear to have been looking out the window at the time, which is puzzling to me. They should have had their head on a swivel when transiting a busy A/C corridor, yet they flew along without any attempt at avoidance. The ATC is also a puzzle for their lack of control when it had to be obvious there was a danger of collision. But the lack of cockpit awareness is definitely the bigger question mark.
sauce about the female
"Koziol confirmed to reporters on a conference call that the male instructor pilot had more than 1,000 hours of flight time, the female pilot who was commanding the flight at the time had more than 500 hours of flight time, and the crew chief was also said to have hundreds of hours of flight time."
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/army-black-hawk-crew-involved-dc-crash-made/story?id=118276697
Well none of them appear to have been looking out the window at the time, which is puzzling to me. They should have had their head on a swivel when transiting a busy A/C corridor, yet they flew along without any attempt at avoidance. The ATC is also a puzzle for their lack of control when it had to be obvious there was a danger of collision. But the lack of cockpit awareness is definitely the bigger question mark.
They were conducting training wearing night vision devices.
Military pilots are trained to constantly sweep side to side while wearing night vision - specifically because of the peripheral vision issues.
thanks, so why did not they see the plane? just asking