As a news crew in Los Angeles, your aerial team is the most vital in that they’re almost always first on the scene and they have the best vantage point for visuals and gathering information. While I never had the privilege of working with or meeting George, just know that these pilots are the best of the best. When it comes to Eliana, she was always available despite being in the thick of it. I can’t tell you how many times we would go back and forth on twitter DM making sure details we were reporting were accurate for the public. I have no idea how she was able to multi-task: 1. Constantly live streaming for two networks 2. Reporting in English and Spanish 3. Operating the camera 4. Dealing with the microwave connection back to the station 5. Communicating with producers 6. Communicating with the assignment desk 7. Communicating with her pilot 8. Listening to the police scanners I might be missing more tasks, but that gives you a sense of the intensity of that job and how skilled y...