Originally Posted by
milesobrien
PBS Frontline is doing an hour long documentary on the airline industry post deregulation - with a focus on issues raised in the Colgan 3407 crash. We are looking for current/former regional pilots to talk with us on background on issues and concerns they have as it relates to safety. We are also looking for pilots with time in the Q400 - and we hopee - some access to a full mission sim. Please respond here or send an email to pilot/plane owner/reporter Miles O'Brien at
[email protected].
Miles,
Nice to see you've landed on your feet with a respectable platform. I hope you'll be allowed to do a fair and balanced story and shed light on some of the practices that airline managers at every level use to squeeze costs until Wall Street is happy. The government and the geniuses running airlines these days have collectively turned what used to be the safe, pleasant experience of flying into an ordeal to be endured only as a last resort. I'm a retiring senior captain with a legacy carrier, and I am appalled at what has happened to our product. Passengers often ride RJ's and turbo-props where we used to fly 737's, and 737's now go where DC-10's and 747's used to. So there's a much bigger story here than just Q400 operators--they're only flying because they were the lowest bidder for a major airline contract. The ultimate responsibility for the quality of their product lies in the boardrooms of the carriers who hired them.
Looking forward to your report.