Safety board probes pilots' hiring, training

Safety board probes pilots' hiring, trainingWASHINGTON – The selection, hiring and training of the pilot and first officer in a February airline crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York are at the top of the agenda of a public hearing into the air disaster.

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