Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
That and the Colgan accident also illustrate how ridiculous it is that an offline jumpseater can't ride up front unless all seats are taken.... stupid TSA. There were jumpseaters on both flights.
I'm a firm believer that the AirTran jumpseater on Comair 5191 (a LEX commuter) would have saved the day when the crew lined up on 26 instead of 22. Instead, he got to see trees flash by in the darkness from row 12.
If he had been up front, none of us would associate Comair with Lexington.