Colgan pilot training faulted in CO 3407 fatal crash
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Colgan pilot training faulted in CO 3407 fatal crash
See cover story in today's Wall Street Journal:
" The Captain of a commuter plane that crashed Feb. 13 near BUF had flunked numerous flight tests during his career and was never adequately taught how to respond to the emergency that led to the airplane's fatal descent..."
This is bad news. Turboprops are usually quite safe. I wonder what action CO will take with their Colgan sub-contractor?
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" The Captain of a commuter plane that crashed Feb. 13 near BUF had flunked numerous flight tests during his career and was never adequately taught how to respond to the emergency that led to the airplane's fatal descent..."
This is bad news. Turboprops are usually quite safe. I wonder what action CO will take with their Colgan sub-contractor?
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Yes, there was a pilot error, but look for the root cause.
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I don't know, saying that the training is the root cause may be a little extreme. The pilot could have just been a poor student. I think we're speculating a little too much without actually having the NTSB look at the training.
The better question would be, why would a pilot be allowed to fail so many tests and continue to fly?
The better question would be, why would a pilot be allowed to fail so many tests and continue to fly?
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This thread should be merged with previous one
This thread should be merged with previous one on exactly same subject started last night. Wouldn't it be worth taking a minutes look to see if there was a relevant previous thread before starting a new thread? See
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...alo-crash.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...alo-crash.html
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I think they should jettison Colgan... Right away.
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And CommutAir...I'm getting really tired of flying those Q200s to Syracuse.
And get this...on my flight Friday the brand new FA (he was reading from the cheat sheets while making announcements) wouldn't even let me hold my Bose headphones during takeoff or landing! I had to put them in the overhead.
And get this...on my flight Friday the brand new FA (he was reading from the cheat sheets while making announcements) wouldn't even let me hold my Bose headphones during takeoff or landing! I had to put them in the overhead.
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And CommutAir...I'm getting really tired of flying those Q200s to Syracuse.
And get this...on my flight Friday the brand new FA (he was reading from the cheat sheets while making announcements) wouldn't even let me hold my Bose headphones during takeoff or landing! I had to put them in the overhead.
And get this...on my flight Friday the brand new FA (he was reading from the cheat sheets while making announcements) wouldn't even let me hold my Bose headphones during takeoff or landing! I had to put them in the overhead.
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He was pretty new, but it would take me six months to memorize all that, so point taken.
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