OK...here is one of the very few exciting things that happend when I was crew. My one of only 2 g/as happened very early one morning on final into IAD. We couldn't have been more than 1k from the dirt when I heard 'TRAFFIC/TRAFFIC/TRAFFIC' coming from the cockpit (on the RJ, my jumpseat is on the other side of the cockpit door). The engines then wound up, the gear came up, and I heard the flaps going up as well. At the same time, I look out of my jump seat window and see a helicopter buzz us! Couldn't have been more than 500 feet from us!
After 15 minutes and a successful g/a, we safely landed. As it turns out, a dump truck had spilled a load of dirt on 28, and a FOX5 copter was racing to the scene to get it on the morning news. Nevermind that the lives of 50 people were in jeopardy...this is news for chrissakes!!!! We have to get that exclusive of the dirt on 28 before NBC4 or WJLA beats us to the punch! We are talking Emmy here!!!
We all filed an FAA report, but because there wasn't an 'incident' nothing was done. Sweet.