Learjet 60 Crash: Pilot Experience, Turbulence and Cockpit Decisions

The woman involved in the Learjet 60 crash, Natalia Figueras, had only 1300 hours of flight experience, and that is actually really low to be a co-pilot for a Learjet 60. Most operators want at least usually 1500 to 2000 hours.

Here's a video of her saying the line does not concern herself with the center line.

This is just, it's not looking good for female pilots, bro, just women in general.

Here's a random log from Jay from the plane incident from the same girl in the cockpit. You can literally hear her struggling to give active and accurate comms.

November Two Bravo Delta, why are you climbing?

We're just above the runway. Expect continued moderate chop and unpredictable wind gusts, November Two Bravo Delta.

That's, that's not moderate. Descend to 4000 immediately.

Traffic alert, 11 o'clock, four miles, identification unknown, making a golf Raymond climb.

Confirm just moderate, November Two Bravo Delta?

Yep, moderate chop, sir. If you can't maintain altitude, that's not moderate, that's severe turbulence. Are you experiencing severe turbulence?

Two Bravo Delta, are you experiencing severe turbulence?

Roger. Affirmative. A lot of people have been telling me, "Dude, she's not the main pilot.

She's the co-pilot." But do you not understand that everyone collectively in the pit makes a decision?

The co-pilot's job is to monitor and speak up, and guess what she was doing instead of doing that? Texting her boyfriend.

She was texting about the ice and turbulence, and looking at your phone and texting during that is really stupid. This is the main pilot, Jeff Gregory.

Everyone in that pit made a really dumb decision that day.

They actually requested from ATC to deviate from the convective cell.

They were given permission, and they decided to fly right into the convective cell.

Also, the NTSB, the National Transportation Safety Board, said they don't even know who took control.

Would she have been at the controls or simply prolonging communication?

We don't yet know that, and that is one of the things that we'll, we'll seek to determine.

That's my biggest thing is, like, don't they say that in comms if someone takes control or something like that? Like, how do they not know?

Yet again, this could have all been prevented, and I question the credentials of the main pilot and the co-pilot