Originally Posted by
Pinchanickled
Amazing. Absolutely amazing.
So here's the BIG question that will really hit everyone hard. Ready?
If this policy was in effect before the Buffalo crash of flight 3407, would either of the two pilots been allowed to call in fatigue for that flight?
No, and it doesn't surprise me one bit. The first thing that probably on PT's mind the morning when he found out about the crash was that they just lost one flight's worth of completion factor. He even cracked a bit of a smile and joke in his news conference the next morning before catching himself.
Newsflash, Everyone (public, FAA, NTSB, pilots, ...): Pinnacle would rather have people DIE than compromise their profit margins. Every single thing they put out, even if disguised as safety related, is 100% created for financial reasons. These people are evil and from someone on the outside looking in, it is completely disgusting. I will NEVER, EVER let anyone I know get on a Pinnacle Corp aircraft. You guys, the ones of you who work for Pinnacle or Colgan, need to stand up against that company. Nobody else, including even the FAA, will and it really needs to happen before they kill more people. Figure out some way to stand together and fight this company, the industry needs it and public deserves it.