Dumb Ass Legacy Pilots Need Rudder Training

[aa73]

did you forget aa587? 260+5 died in that one.

... and how much easier is it to blame a dead crew for some excessive rudder deflection that MAY have been caused by the F/O (DFR never measured WHERE the rudder input came from) rather than blaming a whole aircraft manufacturer that supplies over half of the world's fleet?

Sorry folks, with AA 587 the NTSB participated in the second biggest cover up after TWA 800.

 

[dojetdriver]

Both major and regional airlines have screwed up big time. There is no argument there. However, the statistics DO show that a passenger is much more at risk on a regional than on a major. That's not an opinion, it's fact, simply due to the nature of regional flying for the reasons listed above. As an example, I fly MAYBE 3 legs very rarely, normally only 2 per day on the 737 Int'l out of DCA/IAD... compared to the usual 5, sometimes 6 short hops I used to do at ACA, in and out of IAD all day long in the suckiest WX, all under the "fee per departure" (read: GO GO GO!!) deal. Due to that nature, the flying risk was way higher at ACA, and it's no different today.

Disclaimer: I am NOT saying the majors have never screwed up big time, not by a long shot.

Valid point. The legacy pilot only hangs his certificates out in the breeze, as well as exposes himself and his passengers to danger 2-3 times a day.

"Regional" flying, that number is way higher. Many of the trips I'm flying now are 5-4-4-5. 18 legs in a 4 day period. That's 18 chances to screw something up/get people killed in a 4 day period. And that pales in comparison to previous turbo prop operators where they have been doing 8-10 legs a day.