Originally Posted by
gojo
Very good post. Fatigue has been compared to being intoxicated, and it affects decision making accordingly. Additionally I might ask, what was the pilot doing to acquire the 1500 hours? I mean was the majority of his or her experience flying around the local airport, or was their experience more extensive than that? Let's face it, we don't get the experience with thunderstorms, wind shear, ice, or contaminated runways and such as a flight instructor. That's where the 121 training comes into play, and in my opinion the FAA didn't do their job in monitoring Colgan
3407 was not a question of judgement. It was a pilot who pulled the yoke into his gut when the stall warning system went off and then held it there.
That is EXACTLY what some time spent in a non-airline enviroment would have not taught him not to do -- no matter how little sleep he had. In fact "taught" is a poor word, "burned into his soul" would be a better term.
We are a product of our experiance, and that experiance should be deeper than a mud puddle when step into our first 121 job.