ALPA - Slap in the Face!

[Bushhatesyou]

The correct response to this accident would be to force 9E to re-engineer their training department. So what has been done to fix 9E's horrific safety record? This forum isn't big enough to list all of the close calls that the pilots at 9E have put themselves, and their passengers in. Simple solution is to make public all of the FAA certificate actions that take place. I believe 9E is leading the pack at the moment. Those two pilots didn't do anything that was out of the ordinary at 9E, they unfortunately just got caught.

-TG

Just wondering, where did you get this info?

 

[acarpe3448]

I've been an ALPA member in good standing for 8 years.

I think it's a slap in the face for every pilot that operates to the highest standard possible, when ALPA defends complete unadulterated negligence.

Not once does ALPA National or the 9E MEC mention the probable cause of this accident!!!:angryfire They only focus on contributing factors!



So you say in your post that you wanted the most probable cause of this accident! Here it is;

This jet crashed and both crew members died because they were goofing off, playing around when they should have been flying! I bet the Captain was trying to impress this F/O and took him up to FL400+ There is another example of this behavior at Express/Pinnacle- around 10 to 15 years ago a Saab 340 Captain and his crew were flying alone one night. The Captain asked the F/O if he wanted to shut an engine down in flight. They did! When it was time to restart the engine the Captain told the F/O go to row one with your flashlight and watch the prop come up to speed(bland angle change) The Capt then started to engine with the power levers in ground idle instead of flight idle. The airplane spun out of control and lost thousands and thousands of feet.

It's sad to say, but truth is these guys poor procedures, poor airmanship, inmaturity, and poor training caused this accident plane and simple!

 

[TinGoose1]

My friend at the FSDO. He said that on average, 9E has about 3 times as many voilations as any other 121 operator. Everything from running off runways is Wisconsin, Crashing in northern Minn., to almost clipping a mountain range, the list goes on. This airline has a corporate culture of unsafe behavior and inexperience. Those are the facts. The question is, how are they correcting these problems in light of the most recent accident?

-TG

 

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