Hosakawa Tito
02-16-2010, 13:23
A little over 1 year ago we had a tragic commuter plane crash several miles from Buffalo International Airport, Colgan Flight 3407. (http://avstop.com/news_feb_2010/ntsb_report_on_colgan_air_crash_highlights_capa%E2%80%99s_safety_concerns.htm)
Cause of the crash: Minimum wage poorly trained flight crew. (http://avstop.com/news_feb_2010/ntsb_colgan_air_flight_3407_actions_led_to_crash_of_flight.htm) The FAA is nothing more than a cheerleader for the airline industry and has been dragging it's feet for years on airline safety issues.
February 4, 2010 - Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the captain of Colgan Air flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/../news/stick_pusher_vs_stick_shaker.htm), which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. In a report adopted in a public Board meeting in Washington, additional flight crew failures were noted as causal to the accident.
The reason the pilot "inappropriately responded" to the stick shaker *an auto-pilot stall warning/correction device* was because he had no training with this important safety feature. NONE!
First Officer Rebecca Shaw also complained about poor treatment by Colgan Air Inc. of Manassas, Va., which operated the flight for Continental Airlines, and about how little she was paid. Shaw said she earned only $15,800 the previous year and the airline was refusing to give her $200 in back pay she felt she was owed.
Your co-pilot makes about as much as the person serving up your fries at McDonalds. And for most of these regional carriers, if they don't fly due to bad weather or maintenace issues, the crew doesn't get paid. You think that might influence their judgement a bit?
So, you feeling lucky on that next vacation or business trip? Better take the train...
Cause of the crash: Minimum wage poorly trained flight crew. (http://avstop.com/news_feb_2010/ntsb_colgan_air_flight_3407_actions_led_to_crash_of_flight.htm) The FAA is nothing more than a cheerleader for the airline industry and has been dragging it's feet for years on airline safety issues.
February 4, 2010 - Washington, DC - The National Transportation Safety Board determined that the captain of Colgan Air flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/../news/stick_pusher_vs_stick_shaker.htm), which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. In a report adopted in a public Board meeting in Washington, additional flight crew failures were noted as causal to the accident.
The reason the pilot "inappropriately responded" to the stick shaker *an auto-pilot stall warning/correction device* was because he had no training with this important safety feature. NONE!
First Officer Rebecca Shaw also complained about poor treatment by Colgan Air Inc. of Manassas, Va., which operated the flight for Continental Airlines, and about how little she was paid. Shaw said she earned only $15,800 the previous year and the airline was refusing to give her $200 in back pay she felt she was owed.
Your co-pilot makes about as much as the person serving up your fries at McDonalds. And for most of these regional carriers, if they don't fly due to bad weather or maintenace issues, the crew doesn't get paid. You think that might influence their judgement a bit?
So, you feeling lucky on that next vacation or business trip? Better take the train...