Originally Posted by
KC10 FATboy
How and why would paying commuter pilots more money have prevented this crash? Are you saying that because they were poorly paid that they had the right to break cockpit procedure, stop flying the aircraft, and to incorrectly apply basic flight manuevers taught on day one of flight training?
So far, this is looking like the typical derelict of duties and failure to show to work properly rested type of accident.
I'm sorry if that makes anyone angry or mad at me, but it is what it is.
The argument is that people that are truly smart are either not becoming pilots and/or are leaving the industry. This as a result has lowered the standards and experience required to get a job. If you paid more you would attract more people and could better screen pilots. This is the argument at least.
As to this idle chatter below 10,000, they were breaking cockpit procedures but I see no way this played any part in the accident. The chatter stopped a few minutes before everything hit the fan.