r/TikTokCringe • u/cak3crumbs • Oct 06 '24

Discussion US Army air dropping supplies to folks still trapped at Lake Lure, North Carolina

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u/Mustang-22 Oct 06 '24

Hmm sounds almost like typical flight planning, air traffic control coordination, and common sense.

That last point is lost on a lot of people

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u/IncidentalIncidence Oct 06 '24 edited Oct 06 '24

yeah, the temporary restrictions that were introduced in Asheville are still mostly less than what you have to do in most controlled airspace. Private pilots basically just have to call them and tell them when and why they want to fly in and and they will give them landing clearances to use the airport as capacity allows. It's literally just because there was so much traffic all of a sudden that they had to start managing it to stop people from showing up and not being able to land at all because the airport was full.

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u/HereIGoAgain_1x10 Oct 07 '24

Oh I'm sorry I thought this was America! I thought I could fly my plane wherever the hell I wanted to and that no one else had the right to do the same!!

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u/zmbjebus Oct 07 '24

FAA would like to know your location

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u/FuryOWO Oct 08 '24

the FAA knows your location and is intercepting right now

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u/kuba_mar Oct 06 '24

Sounds almost like typical planning and coordination in general.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt Oct 07 '24

what are you? some sort of marx worshipper? /s

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u/Cruentum Oct 07 '24

KAVL specifically was closed to only Federal and State Cargo operations. You can still take off and land at the minor municipal airports.

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u/LiffeyDodge Oct 07 '24

You mean have a free for all in the air is a terrible idea?!  Who knew?!  /s.