Flawed sim training leads to crashes, regionals consolidate to cut costs, Bob Hope airport gets transit center
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regional airlines
This is an alert for anyone concerned with the deteriorating airline service. Those following negotiations with airline pilots are betting that the mainline carriers will soon allow regional pilots to fly aircraft carrying up to 125 passengers. That means more regional flights for domestic passengers. Translation: more poorly trained pilots, smaller planes, underpaid staff, less service and more consumer confusion.
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As our government studies the uneven safety standards and differences in pilot training programs between mainline and regional airlines, both American and United airlines announced new code-shared flights that confuse and mislead the flying public. The FAA must say enough! There needs to be a freeze on additional regional airline contracts until the FAA can bring a unified safety structure into place.
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NTSB blames pilot error in Colgan crash, AA managers may fill in for flight attendants if they go on strike, NCL Olympic charter canceled because of low bookings
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Amidst the uproar from the Colgan Air disaster, regional airlines are coming under closer inspection by the DOT and FAA. Incheon Airport in Seoul, Korea, was voted best airport. And for the third month in a row, airline on-time arrival stats improve.
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Codesharing is flat-out dishonest. Why shouldn’t consumers be able to clearly see on which airline’s aircraft they will actually be flying? Why should one airline be allowed to claim a route that its planes, pilots and flight attendants never fly? Why should the government be complicit in this misinformation?
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