“These are great planes, I’ve flown many times in a Lear 60, and they’re like rocket ships. There’s is just not a lot of margin of error up there. There’s going to be a lot of finger pointing here about why the pilots did what they did, why ATC [air traffic control] allowed them to do it, and who knew what and when.”

Bob Clifford · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-02

Clifford discussed the Learjet 60's characteristics and anticipated scrutiny of pilot and ATC decisions.