Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Take a deep breath, and go do some research. How long was the Colgan crew on duty? How much "rest" did they have the night before? How would any of the proposals actually have changed what happened that night? When you can answer those questions objectively, then we can continue.
You have got to be out of your mind if you consider what the 3407 pilots got as "rest."
Yes, the accident was largely due to pilot error and not simply due to lack of rest, but that's no excuse for failing to use it as an example of how the system is broken. Get on board with fixing it, pal.