Originally Posted by
Bucking Bar
It was an interesting mistake because those who lobbied for it seemed not to care that the application of their proposed rule would not have prevented either Comair 5191 or Colgan 3407.
Your average armchair shrink can listen to the CVR and come to the conclusion that what was a factor in both accidents was, outsourcing.
The Comair CVR was a discussion of job loss and displacements punctuated by a few checklists. The Colgan CVR was all about maintenance staffing problems, the FO's plans to get a job at Alaska because her pay did not allow her housing situation to keep up with the airline's movement. The Captain was also dreaming the whole flight about his future career ... not the task at hand.
Disagree completely.
While at the moment of the accident the crew had more than 1,500 hours, it is the process of getting to 1,500 hours that is the crucible for a pilot.
Fail to undersand that formative experience is to fail to understand why the US system works as well as it does.
Spending time in a sim, even hundreds of hours, where the worst thing that happens is you spill your diet soda, will never replace real life experience saving your own skin and tickets.
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