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Went to the FAA/Controllers/Pilots meeting here in CHS. These were the take-always: 1. They wouldn't discuss the accident as it's an open investigation. That pink elephant sat in the room for over an hour until a pilot raised the question. 2. Dropping any inbound traffic (F16 never...

Just got notice of a meeting here in CHS with Controllers. 6:30 pm on Friday. I'd attach the invite but can't figure out how to do that.

The more discussion I read, the less I understand the logic behind the F16's flight. Maybe I'm stuck but I haven't seen an explanation for why an F16 would have been cleared down to 1600' 30 miles out. Regardless of everything that followed, that decision makes no sense and set the chain...

Thanks for the welcome. CHS has a long history with me of being VFR unfriendly. Started with a PPL check ride where they ignored calls for 10 minutes then denied entry. My examiner was used to it and cut me slack by having me climb over the top of their airpspace. That was 2001 btw...

I'm not trying to sharpshoot, genuinely puzzled. 1600 feet was given 30 miles out. Look at the chart, runway 15 approach is going to take him right between MKS and Summerville. I've flown into that space many a time and have never been cleared anywhere near 1600 feet that far out.

MKS is 17 miles from CHS... Why would anyone have cleared an aircraft down to 1600 feet for an approach at that distance? Particularly when you're outside the CHS class c airspace and passing by two small airports in the process (both of which are also outside the class c airspace)... This is...