JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS ON AIR TRAGEDY

CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 3,2025

     IF JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS WERE AN OLYMPIC SPORT THERE ARE SOME WHO WOULD WIN A GOLD MEDAL.

     FOLLOWING THE HORRIFFIC COLLISION BETWEEN AN ARMY HELICOPTER AND AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGER JET AT REAGAN AIRPORT LAST WEEK, MANY HAVE BEEN QUICK TO MAKE THE LEAP BEFORE INVESTIGATIONS HAD HARDLY BEGUN.

     PRESIDENT TRUMP BLAMED THE OBAMA AND BIDEN ADMINISTRATIONS FOR DEI HIRES, CLAIMING MANY WERE UNQUALIFIED TO BE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. HE GAVE NO EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF HIS CLAIM.   

OTHERS HAVE SAID THE CAUSE WAS POOR STAFFING IN THE TOWER, OR TOO MUCH CONGESTION, OR TOO MANY BUILDINGS, OR FLYING OVER WATER AT NIGHT.

     WHY THE RUSH TO JUDGMENT? THIS IS WHY WE HAVE AN NTSB. SURE, IT TAKES TIME. SO DO A LOT OF THINGS. THAT’S WHY THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAST FOOD AND A GOURMET MEAL.

 THE BLACK BOX HAS BEEN RETRIEVED FROM THE AMERICAN FLIGHT. SPEED IN THESE THINGS IS OK ONLY IF IT LEADS TO THE PROPER CONCLUSIONS. IF IT DOESN’T, IT’S BAD AND CAN PRODUCE EVERYTHING FROM WRONG CONCLUSIONS THAT DON’T GUARD AGAINST FUTURE ACCIDENTS, TO CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

     LET THE INVESTIGATORS DO THEIR WORK AND THEN COMMENT AFTER. I’M CAL THOMAS.