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mjarosz
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FAA chief urges pilots to read Flight 3407 transcript
By Jerry Zremski
News Washington Bureau Chief
WASHINGTON — The new head of the Federal Aviation Administration today asked the nation's airline pilots to read the transcript of the cockpit conversations from Continental Connection Flight 3407, which crashed in Clarence in February, claiming 50 lives.
"If you haven't read the transcript, I'd encourage you to do so," FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt said at the Air Line Pilots Association's annual Air Safety Summitt. . . .
Babbitt also indicated for the first time that he would be willing to consider random spot checks of cockpit voice recorders in planes that do not crash, just to monitor whether sterile cockpit violations are occurring.
Really gotta love that last paragraph. Sets a dangerous precedent.
-MJ
The only problem is, Babbitt didn't say ANYTHING about 'random spot checks of CVR's' in his speech to ALPA (did he say this @ some other point?).
Read the transcript of Babbitt's speech yourself
here.
My opinion? Mr. Zremski just made that CVR stuff up, and you guys all bought into it hook, line, and sinker.
This is what happens when you mix the media with a forum - BS runs rampant.
