Mike Durant

how quickly that can go to shit.

Think about all the texting and driving problems we have.

It's because people change their focus from looking outside the car

and controlling the vehicle to their phone, and all of a sudden they're drifting over their center line.

Well, if that's you in that helicopter at 30 feet, you're in the water.

I mean, because it happens that fast.

So, you know, very disciplined about who's on the controls, who's doing the mission management.

And we also had infrared cameras.

lights on the aircraft that you can't see without goggles on.

And once you get down to 30 feet, you can start to see those lights reflecting off the water.

So that's another.

So you've got the radar altimeter, which has given you your absolute elevation above the water, which was 30 feet.

You're trying to maintain that.

And then you've got this sort of peripheral where you can see your lights reflecting, and then you can see, in some cases, the ripple of the water.

But you've got to be hyper-focused to make sure you don't

And we've lost birds.

I mean, we lost a bird last year in the water.

Not really the same scenario.

But, I mean, overwater flying, low level, is to be taken seriously.

And, again, you know, I said earlier, I think it was the hardest flying I may have ever done.