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I am blasting the music in my office so loud right now. You cannot imagine.

Because I am actively researching and writing about the FAA practically every day, I spend a lot of time reading about accidents from the 1970s and 80s. You have no idea how incredibly dangerous it was back then. No idea at all. Just read the commercial crash stats for AK in the '90s. Good grief.

The number of people on here who don't know anything about aviation but are 100% certain that lack of GPS is a excuse for an airplane to crash is stunning.

3,000+ likes on this article that is now pushed by yahoo and still, it changes nothing. There was a NOTAM on the GPS. Pilots are trained to fly & land without GPS. The crew failed to hold its assigned altitude which has nothing to do with GPS. If you can't fly without GPS, do not fly. Ever.

FIVE MONTHS.

Good grief.

The more that we ignore the basic piloting failures on the New Mexico medevac crash, and try to excuse them as due to lack of GPS, the more we deny the basic requirements of piloting. You can not need GPS in order to fly. You can not need autopilot in order to fly. We learn without those things.

I have had it with this. There was a NOTAM that the GPS jamming activities were taking place in the area. Pilots must check NOTAMs prior to departure, especially commercial pilots. It is part of the damn job. If you need GPS to fly then reconsider your career choices.

The Denali puppies are big and taking naps right now. www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...

You guys are going to make me write about that New Mexico medevac crash, aren't you? Stop spreading articles claiming it was shot down by DOD or DHS or CBP, etc. Read the Prelim here. There was a NOTAM on the GPS being down. If the crew needs GPS to fly, then don't fly. web.ntsb.gov/investigatio...

Yes, the other Dan Sullivan is still in the race for Alaska senate. This is a great interview with him.

You need to read this. www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...

'When the sun rises, we are going to be in shock': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into cityWalls of flames destroyed dozens of homes and other structures in the Indian Trail neighborhood and more areas of Spokane on Saturday amid one of the worst natural disasters in the city’s history.www.spokesman.com

Anybody reading about the stories about “migrants storming Spain” really needs to spend 5 minutes researching Ceuta, especially on the long long long territorial dispute over who owns the city. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceuta

Ceuta - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org

Having a moment where it is best to walk away from the keyboard. Politics and aviation safety....I know it is the subject I spend a lot of time researching and writing about but sometimes..... Sometimes you really need to cool your jets and walk away for a bit. Newsletter out by Monday.

On Bering Air flight 445 and how unanswerable questions about the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and exit icing conditions will haunt this crash forever. alaskabeacon.com/2026/07/31/a...

After fed report, Alaska pilots grapple with unanswered questions in tragic Nome crash | Alaska BeaconThe National Transportation Safety Board on Thursday released the final report for the February 6, 2025, accident involving Bering Air flight 445 that killed all 10 people on board. While the NTSB’s r...alaskabeacon.com

This is not how adherence to federal aviation regulations works.