Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
I agree for the most part Bar;
ASA, OH, SKW, Mesaba, Pinnacle, Piedmont, etc are established regionals with very good training programs. Heck I would even submit that Freedom, and Mesa have good training as I know a few of their APD's.
Excellent post... however I know from first hand experience that Pinnacle has a horrendous training department and operation.
Just check the boxes and then you can blame whatever problems you have on the pilot. "Hey, we did what we were required!"
Just look at Trenary's (Pinnacle CEO) response to that victim's relative last night. The guy said to him (in so many words) "I'm glad we've been able to identify these issues and I hope some major progress can be made to fixing it."
Trenary's response? "We fixed it."
That right there illustrates the major issue we're dealing with.