A year ago Thursday, 67 people died when a military helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight attempting to land at Reagan National Airport. The crafting of the Rotor Act represents a refreshing case of serious legislating to address a narrow problem, not a knee-jerk reaction to “do something” after a tragedy. The Rotor Act narrows those exceptions to cover truly top-secret flights, not the training mission the helicopter was on during last year’s crash. But fellow Missouri Republican Bob Onder is also a general aviation pilot, and he supports the Rotor Act. The post A year after DCA crash, an easy fix to prevent more midair collisions appeared first on Washington Post.