Originally Posted by 12172003
What type of airspace were you in? Most likely they were VFR so it is see-and-avoid unless it was Class B airspace. In that case, it is the controllers responsibility....although the controller will get to go home that night ;-)
Forgot we were on final coming into IAD at that hour and had to to a g/a because of it. Pretty scary. Turns out, the crew didn't even see the helicopter. I noticed it out of my porthole on the galley door. But the heard the alert. Damn hot shot news copter jockeys!