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Old 02-02-2010, 12:24 PM
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Default Colgan Sunshine Hearing

Pilots at fault in Continental Connection crash, investigators say - CNN.com

Here is a little gem from the article,

"Family members said they unknowingly purchased cheaper tickets, not knowing that by doing so, they were subjecting their families to additional dangers by putting them on more dangerous flights."

Now that the findings are out with 23 recommendations how many of them will we see actually put into effect?

Colgan Air 3407 Crash: NTSB Finds Safety Lapses, Shortcomings in Pilot Training, Wages - ABC News

"I think the biggest red flags here are going to be pilot hiring, the training and the monitoring because all these appear to have been substandard," ABC News aviation consultant John Nance said on "Good Morning America" today. "There's never just one cause in an accident but ... this really does show a lot of the problems in the industry and the wages really have to be looked at."
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