Originally Posted by
rjboy
I hope everyone can agree that regionals are having more accidents at least in part because rapid growth and diminished pay has resulted in lower hiring standards for pilots. Not saying this is specifically true of any specific pilot who has had an accident/incident, but as a generalization. Maybe these events will help the flying public/mgnt realize that lives are literally in our hands every time we go to work and that to attract the best pilots you have to pay them what they are worth.
Long duty days and reduced rest, sure, but I don't think you can say it's due to lower quality pilots. At least not unless you can prove that some of these guys had had trouble in training or something like that, which I doubt you would find.