http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ing-commercial
Great headline, huh? Check out the lead sentence;
"In fatal crashes involving private or charter flights, investigators usually blame careless pilots."
A sample;
"Airline crashes have become rare because carriers take steps to protect against pilot mistakes. The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't regularly inspect many corporate aircraft operators, and pilots are often left to decide when it's safe to land or how many hours they work. "If they don't say yes to every flight, they worry about the owners looking for another flight department," says Melissa Washburn, a pilot who flies business planes."
"Commercial aviation is regulated by multiple tiers of U.S. law, but privately owned aircraft have almost no oversight. "Nobody's paying attention," says Kitty Higgins, who served as an NTSB member from 2006 to 2009. The FAA has begun introducing safety data monitoring for private operations like that used by airlines, but NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart says adding new rules won?t make a difference. "A lot of times we're talking about people who aren't following the regulations anyway, so I'm not sure that more regulation is the answer," he says."
I stuck this in Fractionals because I thought the NetJet guys would appreciate this piece;
"For operators whose flight crews routinely adhere to industry best practices, the likelihood of a fatal accident is greatly diminished," says Peter Ingleton, a director at the Montreal-based aviation council. Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets, which operates with airline-like safety standards, hasn't had a fatal accident since 2000."
That's a selling point right there....
Great headline, huh? Check out the lead sentence;
"In fatal crashes involving private or charter flights, investigators usually blame careless pilots."
A sample;
"Airline crashes have become rare because carriers take steps to protect against pilot mistakes. The Federal Aviation Administration doesn't regularly inspect many corporate aircraft operators, and pilots are often left to decide when it's safe to land or how many hours they work. "If they don't say yes to every flight, they worry about the owners looking for another flight department," says Melissa Washburn, a pilot who flies business planes."
"Commercial aviation is regulated by multiple tiers of U.S. law, but privately owned aircraft have almost no oversight. "Nobody's paying attention," says Kitty Higgins, who served as an NTSB member from 2006 to 2009. The FAA has begun introducing safety data monitoring for private operations like that used by airlines, but NTSB Chairman Christopher Hart says adding new rules won?t make a difference. "A lot of times we're talking about people who aren't following the regulations anyway, so I'm not sure that more regulation is the answer," he says."
I stuck this in Fractionals because I thought the NetJet guys would appreciate this piece;
"For operators whose flight crews routinely adhere to industry best practices, the likelihood of a fatal accident is greatly diminished," says Peter Ingleton, a director at the Montreal-based aviation council. Berkshire Hathaway's NetJets, which operates with airline-like safety standards, hasn't had a fatal accident since 2000."
That's a selling point right there....
