Heather Schmidt

“let it hurt. let it heal. let it go.”

[kesha @KeshaRose]

Cassie, I believe you.
I love you.
Your strength is a beacon for every survivor.

[Some Welder 🇺🇸 @SomeWelder]

I pay $30,780.00 a year for health insurance, with a max out of pocket of $18,500.00 (not including copays at the counter), for the missus and I, so you'll have to excuse me if I seem unmoved that you're losing your free healthcare, that somehow I also pay for.

[Trump Is Your Daddy @TrumpGOAT2028]

@LeftismForU THIS👇🏽👇🏽

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Peaceful rioters peacefully throw bricks at a cop’s head to peacefully try to kiII him.

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@TaraBull808 👏👏👏

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

Seriously if you’re so proud of your country that you’re willing to commit felonies celebrating it, why not return there voluntarily and happily?

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Just a reminder that the left is calling this peaceful:

[Bonchie @bonchieredstate]

Never have two men needed their phones taken away more than right now.

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

Hannah has like some sort of Stockholm syndrome type relationship with Marciano.
The relationship-but not a real relationship is so overplayed. #vanderpumpvilla

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@McDonalds took long enough, weirdos.

[Mark McEathron @Mark_McEathron]

I was a Blackhawk helicopter crew chief in the Army.

I was even a Flight Instructor. This means that I trained Crew Chiefs and ensured that they completed all training annually to maintain their flight ratings.

One massive responsibility we had was to be the eyes for the pilots. We handled airspace obstacle avoidance and communicated potential risks to the pilots.

Quite often we would train as a flight of 2 or 3 birds flying in formation.

It was my job to have my head out the window and tell the pilots that the aircraft behind us was "staggered right at 3 discs". (We measured close distances in terms of the diameter of our rotor discs).

I can tell you after doing this for hundreds of hours, even when you know EXACTLY where a Blackhawk is, and you have night vision goggles on, it is EXTREMELY hard to SEE the aircraft.

These birds are designed to be hard to see at night.

The red and green lights on the side get lost in the lights of the city below. The only "lights" on top of the aircraft are called "slime lights" because they are a very very very dim green.

Incredibly difficult to see.

If you are above the helicopter, even if it has it flood light or spot light (2 different lights) on, underneath it, it is still hard to see the bird because all of that illumination is below the airframe.

Another thing people should know is just how busy things can get on the aircraft.

Pilots are talking to each other about what they are observing on the instrument panels. This means neither are looking outside the aircraft.

The crew chief might be conducting a fuel check, where we would also be looking up into the cockpit at the fuel gages and the clock.

This CAN lead to moments where all 3 people on the aircraft are all looking inside the aircraft.

It's not supposed to happen that way. We are supposed to announce when we are "coming inside" or are "back outside" the aircraft. But that doesn't always happen.

Also, in cities like DC, the radio traffic is constant and can make it hard to filter out what is important for you to listen to.

Checking instruments, doing math, reading checklists, and listening to multiple radios all at the same time is HARD. Mistakes happen.

Anyone out there telling you that they find the aircraft collision to be suspect, have NEVER been in a flight crew and they have ZERO idea what they are talking about.

Ignore them all. Better yet, mock the hell out of them.

999 times out of 1000 aircraft incidents always come down to a series of pilot and crew errors.

Humans are involved. They aren't perfect.

Tonight, my heart and mind is with the families of those involved in this tragic event.

I won't join the chorus of idiots making speculations.

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@DefiyantlyFree Probably in a bunker

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@netflix on Dec 25th when streaming crashes again for a major sporting event

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@netflix on Dec 24

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

@netflix needs to add this scenario to their list of gaslighting questions

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

The guy trying to fix the Netflix servers right now

[Lolocookie @Lolocookie7]

Amanda Serrano was robbed of a huge win tonight! She beat Katie Taylor. What a fight!!

[Hayden Suchland @h_suchland]

Serrano got robbed. What a fight #PaulTyson

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

Can @hulu please step in and take over the broadcasting of this fight?
@peacock? @PrimeVideo anyone?! 😂
@netflix apparently forgot to clock in.

[Heather Schmidt @hezzyschmidt]

Would love to see Tyson’s takedown but @netflix is greedy & unequipped to stream something of this magnitude.
Let this go ahead and be a lesson for all other major sporting events. #netflixcrash #miketysonjakepaul