KGMB Hawaii blows the lid on Mesa / go! and pilot fatigue!

[cfi_greg]

the rules will only change after the public/faa has had enough accidents. the only thing we can do is draw attention to the problem when we can and hope less it lessens the number of accidents required to make a rule change.

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The FAA is a tombstone agency. They need tombstones before they will ever implement change, and there's also the cost benifit analysis side of it too.

 

[RJP]

The public will never care as long as oil is $106 a barrel and they're still paying $39 fares.

 

[islandhopper]

Holly Hegeman finally had something to say about this episode between KGMB and Ornstein in her weekly newsletter.

Apparently, the Mesa Air Group board of directors has no problem with their CEO instigating meaningless SLAPP suits against members of the press who merely report factual information.

Apparently, they also don't have a problem with their CEO losing control with journalists either. Stacy Loe, reporter for a television station in Honolulu apparently called the airline for comments concerning the go! airliner that recently strayed off course. She was the one who broke the story, and she was following up on reports she had received concerning problems with Mesa scheduling and the
issue of pilot rest. Jonathan personally talked to her.

According to Ms. Loe, "Ornstein threatened to sue if I went ahead with it [the story]. Swore at me several times. Then said the stuff about threatening a lawsuit is off the record. Had no comment to my inquiries and promptly hung up."

You would think that behavior like this from their CEO might concern the Mesa Air Group board of directors. Apparently not.

Amazing.

 

[acaTerry]

As usual, it will take blood to get any rules to change. That's what happens when the system is reactive, not proactive.

Already has...AAL, Little Rock, oh wait...that was bad judgement (forget the fact that when dead tired, it is nearly impossible to make very sound judgements). Deaf ears.

 

[asa rat]

It seems that truck drivers have better work rules...
Guess the airlines have better lobbyists.

http://www.iihs.org/research/qanda/trucks.html

 

[AWACO]

I dont know about you all but I am betting on SAPA to lobby for change at the national level.

 

[HighSpeedClimb]

Latest update, the actual tapes of the sleepy heads..
http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/4803/40

 

[RJP]

D'oh!

 

[SpyFlysDOTs]

Probably had their ipods on rocking out to Who's your Daddy, on Da Beat and her voice didn't penetrate.