May 14th, 2009 - Bloomberg
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May 15 (Bloomberg) -- Nanne Eliot has long tried to avoidflying on regional airlines because she worries about thepilots.
“It looks like kids flying the plane,” said Eliot, 58, aproject manager for the National Institute of Building Sciencesin Washington. “You wonder how much experience they have.”
The experience, pay and training of pilots at regional U.S.airlines is drawing increased scrutiny following this week’shearings into the crash of a Pinnacle Airlines Corp. commuterplane that killed 50 people near Buffalo, New York, in February.
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Buffalo crash exposes gaps in safety
May 14th, 2009 - USA Today
WASHINGTON — Investigators probing a commuter plane crash near Buffalo criticized federal regulators Thursday for failing to impose safety improvements that might have prevented the deadly accident. Before the Feb...
Crash Probe Examines Pilot Fatigue
May 14th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON -- Investigators probing the Feb. 12 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 are examining the safety implications of pilots' workdays that can last more than 14 hours...
Buffalo Crash: 'A Recipe for an Accident'
May 13th, 2009 - ABC News
Some of the conditions at Colgan Airlines -- and possibly other carriers -- are "a recipe for an accident," a member of the National Transportation Safety Board said today...
Training becomes focus in Buffalo air crash
May 12th, 2009 - Houston Chronicle
Pinnacle Airlines Corp. didn't put its pilots through simulator training on an aircraft system to prevent stalls like the one suspected in a February crash near Buffalo...
Captain's Training Faulted In Air Crash That Killed 50
May 10th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
The captain of a commuter plane that crashed Feb. 12 near Buffalo, N.Y., had flunked numerous flight tests during his career and was never adequately taught how to respond to the emergency that led to the airplane's fatal descent...
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