Originally Posted by
CE750
Moderate as called by a DAL MD80 or Cactus Airbus is not the same as Moderate as reported by a booted King Air.. or Q400... I would think (their CVR shows this to be the case), that they were carrying a lot more ice than is normal for this type.
A coupe of things....
The airplane was not in ice that it could not handle, that is my personal opinion. They noticed a lot of ice. Renslow hadn't flown in ice since 2005 and Shaw had only a couple of months of winter experience since being online at Colgan (hired Jan 08).
Colgan pilots are trained to the stick shaker. Not the pusher. That WILL come out of this accident. The FAA will be forced to change that requirement.
This crew might have screwed up, but we should give them the benefit of the doubt seeing as though none of us were there.