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If the majors can't shield themselves from liability by outsourcing, it removes a major cost incentive to outsource.
Published: Sept. 28, 2011 at 5:09 PM
BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- A federal judge has ordered Continental Airlines to give the families of those killed in a crash near Buffalo, N.Y., information on pilot training.
Lawyers for the families say the information will help them answer questions like whether pilots for feeder airlines receive less pay and less training than those for national carriers, The Buffalo News reported.
The crash of Continental Connections Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, N.Y., in February 2009 killed 49 people on the plane and one on the ground. The plane was owned and operated by Colgan Air.
"We suspect the safety of regional carriers is less than national carriers," Hugh M. Russ III, a lawyer for several families, said Tuesday. "The documentation we will receive under this order should shed some light on that issue."
Federal investigators have blamed the crash on pilot error.
U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny ruled in favor of the plaintiffs this week.
If this article is in it's entirety, looks like another potential "media inaccuracy".
How does CAL maintain, or have direct control of training records for Colgan Pilot's, and their training?? If Colgan is just dba as Continental Connection, existing on it's own Operating Certificate, they (Colgan) would be required to maintain their own training operation/records per being a Part 121 certificate holder (Just as Skywest is to DAL, or UAL). As far as I am aware, CAL does NOT have anything to do directly with Colgan's training, nor it's record keeping that would be involved with the Colgan Pilot Training.
In reading the above, if any lawyer would want such a thing, they may want to knock on a door that has "Colgan Air" written on it.
Explain??