Originally Posted by
yamahas3
As part of a vastly subpar safety culture as a whole, Colgan has subpar selection, training, and checking of its pilots. They then had a crash that killed a bunch of people, and they're now trying to say its not their fault that they had an incapable crew in the front end of that airplane.
Wow. Tell us how you really feel.
Originally Posted by
Window_Seat
The guy should have not been hired given his record. For the kind of money Colgan was offering they had to look over a few things to get people int he seat. The guy tried to shortcut everything, look how it ended up. The company is to blame for that.
He short cut the system the like anyone else who took a job without having an ATP.
Preach all you want, but Colgan's pilots and procedures were accepted by the FAA, just like every other airline. Since 99% of businesses will seek the lowest common denominator, the only way to increase quality is through regulation: H.R. 3371. Because even if Colgan went away today, there would be some other demon spawn to take over.