As a former Colganite, I'm appalled by this Senator's attempt to look like he cares.

The more and more I watch this investigation, the more and more I see that Colgan is really not the root of the problem. It's rediculous rest requirements and horrible oversight by the FAA. Colgan loves to save money. Pinnacle loves to save even more money. NEITHER of them would save money by putting passengers in harms way. Colgan hired low time pilots because thats what were available at the time. Comair did it, Air Wisconsin did it, American Eagle did it and the beloved ExpressJet did it. This is nothing more than a crew who wasn't paying attention (maybe b/c they were tired) and freaked out when they were caught off guard by the pusher.

I hope however, that these hearings by Senator Bocceri bring some light to the horrible working conditions nowadays for airline pilots. But if we were really paid what we deserve, we wouldn't have passengers because tickets would be so damn expensive.

Unfortunately- I believe this Senate Hearing focussing on Colgan Air, will in fact bring the airline down. The Q400's will go over to Pinnacle and the SAABs will die. It's just too much bad press for an already financially struggling company. Good luck to all Colganites involved.