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June 26, 2009 - HOT -
From May 19, 2009 -Former NTSB Investigator Weighs In on Buffalo
Crash
Other
Recent News:
June 26, 2009 - The Buffalo News - Schumer's call for web clarity would
benefit air travelers
June 24, 2009 - New York Times - 'Freakonomics'
Author - "What Sully was too polite to say."
June 22, 2009 - FAA calls for better Regional Airline
safety
June 20, 2009 - FAA, Regional airlines hold safety summit -
Regional pilots speak out
June 20,
2009 - How safe are regional airlines?
June 15, 2009 - Too often, FAA puts industry concerns above
passengers'
June 10, 2009 - Bigger roles of small airlines raises
safety concerns
June 7, 2009 - Buffalo Crash opens window into pilots' life
May 18, 2009 - Continental crash shows safety may have
price
May 16 2009 - Death airline in new scare
May
16 2009 - Pilots' lives defy glamorous stereotype
May 12-14 2009 - NTSB Hearing on Colgan 3407 Crash
May 13 2009 - Congressman John A. Boccieri
demands answers on February plane crash near Buffalo
Interesting to note: June 15, 2004 - Regional airlines'
profits take off
In Wikipedia: Colgan Air Flight
3407
Video Section:
NTSB
Re-creation of 3407’s final moments using data from the Flight Data Recorder
(FDR) and Cockpit
Voice Recorder (
Pilot
Fatigue: Studies have shown that after
14 to 15 hours of wakefulness, humans
exhibit the same degree of motor skills and
mental acuity of someone
who has consumed two
alcoholic beverages. After consuming two
servings of alcohol, the average blood alcohol
level would be .05
The max legal limit for pilots is .04, and no
consumption within the previous
eight hours.
If a pilot wakes one hour before arrival at the airport, and then
works the legally allowed sixteen (16) hours on duty, those last few
hours
have reduced a pilot to someone
with the abilities of someone who is
over the legal limit for a pilot on duty.
This video is intended to be humorous, but considering what was just
noted above, would you get on an airplane with someone who has
been at work this long?
“So You
Want to Be A Regional Airline Pilot”
Take a
closer look at what pilots actually make, all while working
up to sixteen hours a day.
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