Episode 329 of the Piat the Pilot podcast takes off now.

In aviation, as everyone knows now, American Airlines operated by PSA Flight 5342, which had the midair with the Black Hawk crashed in the Potomac River.

I just want to go ahead and say, it just awful, right? Like it is completely awful. Sharing it online, just everything that goes

with it. It's just, it is extremely sad situation. Just thinking of the families that are going to

bed without their loved ones, waking up the next day and experiencing

that loss and just realizing that it wasn't a bad dream and it was real life my heart just goes out

to them that this could have been any one of us this could have been any airplane this could have been

you as a passenger it could have been you as the pilot and it really kind of puts in and it reminds you of what we do and that this is always something that can happen. This is why we're professionals. This is why we try to do the best that we can every single flight and make sure we get ourselves home safe and our passengers home safe. And when stuff like this happens, I just urge you not to be

the one to share it right away on social media. I think in these situations, it is best to sit back,

give your condolences and prayers, if that's what you're into, and just kind of be there for your

friends and just grieve and just

love and just understand what people are going through and they don't necessarily need to see

the video over and over again. They just need friends and they need support. So if anyone needs to talk,

you know, you can always reach out to me, reach out to your friends, whatever it is. But I just want to say my condolences to everyone that has been affected by this crash. And if you see me not posting anything or much about it, it's not because of a lack of care. It's just because I'm trying to respect the people that have lost their lives and the families that are involved.

And it's just an awful situation.

So this is more long winded than I thought.

We have a great episode coming up.

And I don't want it to take anything away from Mike and what we got now.

But it's just something that needed to be addressed.

And I just feel for everyone that's involved and reach out if you need to.

So here's the episode with Mike Bardio and I hope you enjoy it.

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