Colgan's fatigue policy....
01-02-2010 | 12:28 PM
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Care to identify yourself or is this just flame? I agree it should not be abused but the new policy was not the right way to go about correcting that.
01-03-2010 | 06:56 AM
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Colgan made the front page of the Buffalo News today.
When defending the policy, the vice president of safety wrote "...when given an opportunity to demonstrate a lack of professionalism and maturity, a disappointing number of our crew members will do so."
That is just what the passengers want to hear. Not only are Colgans pilots flying fatigued, they are also immature and unprofessional.
I can't believe they can get people to fly on their airplanes anymore.
When defending the policy, the vice president of safety wrote "...when given an opportunity to demonstrate a lack of professionalism and maturity, a disappointing number of our crew members will do so."
That is just what the passengers want to hear. Not only are Colgans pilots flying fatigued, they are also immature and unprofessional.
I can't believe they can get people to fly on their airplanes anymore.
01-03-2010 | 07:26 AM
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Colgan made the front page of the Buffalo News today.
When defending the policy, the vice president of safety wrote "...when given an opportunity to demonstrate a lack of professionalism and maturity, a disappointing number of our crew members will do so."
That is just what the passengers want to hear. Not only are Colgans pilots flying fatigued, they are also immature and unprofessional.
I can't believe they can get people to fly on their airplanes anymore.
When defending the policy, the vice president of safety wrote "...when given an opportunity to demonstrate a lack of professionalism and maturity, a disappointing number of our crew members will do so."
That is just what the passengers want to hear. Not only are Colgans pilots flying fatigued, they are also immature and unprofessional.
I can't believe they can get people to fly on their airplanes anymore.
edit - here's the whole story: http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/910797.html
01-03-2010 | 07:48 AM
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01-03-2010 | 08:10 AM
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01-03-2010 | 08:40 AM
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Maybe we can team up and offer Pinnacle a 'business consultant' proposition: Hire us to review basic safety public affairs press releases for all their business interests. <g> Am sure some attorneys have already expensed in their settlement more than we would charge. Zing...
01-03-2010 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by SaltyDog
Am sure some attorneys have already expensed in their settlement more than we would charge. Zing...
One would have to think that SOMEBODY with an ATP and a type rating or three in Pinnacle Flight Operations would have enough pull, or lacking pull, basic freaking input to prevent stu-uuuuuuu-pid statements like the one published in the Buffalo Times from getting out...
01-03-2010 | 09:29 AM
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The Buffalo News: Who's Flying Your Airplane?
"Along the way, much remains untaught.
For years, many regionals — like Colgan Air, which operated Flight 3407 — left training for icing conditions largely to a 10-year-old, 30-minute, NASA-produced video.
That video focused in part on the rare phenomenon of plane tail icing. That's a problem, because a pilot's proper response to tail icing is exactly the wrong response to a wing stall.
The pilot of Continental Connection Flight 3407, Capt. Marvin Renslow, picked the wrong response."
Interesting
Maybe Chuck Steak, will be on Pinnacle's menu at their next Bar B Q
"Along the way, much remains untaught.
For years, many regionals — like Colgan Air, which operated Flight 3407 — left training for icing conditions largely to a 10-year-old, 30-minute, NASA-produced video.
That video focused in part on the rare phenomenon of plane tail icing. That's a problem, because a pilot's proper response to tail icing is exactly the wrong response to a wing stall.
The pilot of Continental Connection Flight 3407, Capt. Marvin Renslow, picked the wrong response."
Interesting
Maybe Chuck Steak, will be on Pinnacle's menu at their next Bar B Q
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