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AA Regional Carrier Gets FAA Warning
An FAA document detailing the agency's findings dated from January and obtained exclusively by CNN describes "consistent evidence showing potential lack of airmanship," unsafe and poor piloting by multiple Envoy Air flight crews over the past two years. (www.cnn.com) और अधिक...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Reports about this are long overdue. I try very hard not to fly on any regional carrier.
I flew cargo and passengers in navajos back in the 90’s with no autopilot and radar at night through all kinds of weather for a bs 135 operator. Thats the experience people need to have. Not a piece of paper saying u can read a checklist.
Wasn’t the $6k week long ATP CTP course and 1500hr rule supposed to mitigate these shortcomings... here’s a novel idea -maybe it doesn’t.
All this talk about safety at American/Envoy and not one word about United Airlines new policy of diversity vs competence! "Our flight deck should reflect the diverse group of people on board our planes every day. That’s why we plan for 50% of the 5,000 pilots we train in the next decade to be women or people of color." Wow!
Maybe UA should change its name to "Diversity Airlines". It would sound more appropriate. So will UA lower their qualification standards to meet this new goal? That's what has happened in other fields. It's cheaper and quicker to just lower the standards than to actually work with these folks to build up their qualifications/competencies.
So here's the reality check folks...
We can talk all we want about diversity or equal opportunity or whatever else you want to use as a label but the bottom line is really this; is that person in the cockpit a safe, competent pilot? I don't give a damn if the pilot is male or female, Black or White or what their sexual preference is or their political party affiliation. What I'm expecting when I board that airplane is that the flight crew is trained, competent and sober. Everything else is total B.S.
We can talk all we want about diversity or equal opportunity or whatever else you want to use as a label but the bottom line is really this; is that person in the cockpit a safe, competent pilot? I don't give a damn if the pilot is male or female, Black or White or what their sexual preference is or their political party affiliation. What I'm expecting when I board that airplane is that the flight crew is trained, competent and sober. Everything else is total B.S.
Now there's a unique thought! Wished I'd have had it....duh. This Nation is going off the rails.