Originally Posted by
NEDude
In a five year period from September 1989 to September 1994 USAir had five fatal crashes, making it one of the most dangerous airlines in the western world. They had no trouble finding pilots.
Ummm, they were not hiring during that period. They stopped hiring in early 1990. They did not hire again until 1998.
Plus two of those crashes were not the fault of the airline or the pilots ( USAir 427 rudder hardover and USAir 1493 landed on top of while holding in position at LAX ).
The other 3 were and the airline did need a serious safety adjustment that was made in the mid to late -90s. Just like Delta needed in the mid to late 80s after their series of accidents and incidents.
TP