Jeppesen not at fault in Comair crash

[DXR-Beavis]

I don't think he meant he never looked at the Notams. Most of us are regional pilots that fly back and forth to the same airports on a regular basis. So do I scan thru the notams on every flight? No, if I am bored I might grab the release and scan through it.

If I am flying to a place I haven't been before, or havent been in a long time. Of course most of us are gonna go over the Notams in more detail.

This is exactly true. Add to it being at LEX for a CVG based crew, right in their own back yard.
Thing is there were no published notams detailing taxiway closures/name changes/etc. Those were local notams and some/all weren't on ATIS. The biggest failure was the FAA's system, and I don't mean the ATC system. More the way notam info is distributed, especially where it relates to airport construction.

So the "probable cause" is pilot error contributing factor failure to keep a sterile cockpit. What BS. There were so many human factors issues the NTSB could've should've addressed in detail. Could have been a tremendous lesson in threat management for every airman. Instead we get an open and shut investigation. WHAT happened was open and shut. WHY it happened could be a volume of textbooks in human factors studies.

And what we get from it is even more notams--sorted by runway/taxiway/airspace. Words in our FOMs saying runway lights required at night-DUH!

New remark added to all releases: "ATTN Pilots - please ensure you read the release, weather and notams before departing. P.S. - Don't forget to start both engines prior to attempting takeoff." per Jo Blo, system chief pilot. <sarcasm light off>

 

[SpauldingSmails]

Famous last words.

NOTAMs are VERY important, as evidenced by this accident.

Ask that Shuttle crew in Cleveland about that un-important notam about the glidepath.