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>> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> if we didnt move those airplanes, they didnt make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> thats... thats quick. >> almost scary, isnt it? >> ...and asking what government regulators knew. >> it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the same questions that i had. >> tonight, frontline investigates how corners were cut on safety... >...

>> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> if we didnt move those airplanes, they didnt make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> thats... thats quick. >> almost scary, isnt it? >> ...and asking what government regulators knew. >> it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the same questions that i had. >> tonight, frontline investigates how corners were cut on safety... >...

regional airlines... >> the major airlines created the regional industry as a way of lowering costs. >> ...investigating the financial presres... if we didnt move those airplanes, they didnt make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> thats... thats quick. >> almost scary, isnt it? >> ...and asking what government regulators knew. >> it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the s...

industry. >> it focused attention on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> todays regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles obrien journeys into the world of the regional airlines... >> the major airlines created the regional industry as a way of lowering costs. >> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> if we didnt move those airplanes, they didnt make any money. >> ...examining the experi...

>> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> thats... thats quick. >> almost scary, isnt it? >> ...and asking what government regulators knew. >> it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the same questions that i had. >> tonight, frontline investigates how corners were cut on safety... >> i knew that this company was not playing by the rules, and something bad is going to happen. >> ...and the ri...

>> last week, the government presented its final report on the buffalo crash of continental 3407-- the deadliest u.s. air accident in eight years. >> it is the watershed accident. >> its become the symbol of everything thats wrong with the industry. >> the investigation focused on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> todays regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles obrien journeys into the world ...

>> last week, the government presented its final report on the buffalo crash of continental 3407-- the deadliest u.s. air accident in eight years. >> it is the watershed accident. >> its become the symbol of everything thats wrong with the industry. >> the investigation focused on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> todays regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles obrien journeys into the world ...

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>> last week, the government presented its final report on the buffalo crash of continental 3407-- the deadliest u.s. air accident in eight years. >> it is the watershed accident. >> its become the symbol of everything thats wrong with the industry. >> the investigation focused on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> todays regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles obrien journeys into the world ...

>> last week, the government presented its final report on the buffalo crash of continental 3407-- the deadliest u.s. air accident in eight years. >> it is the watershed accident. >> its become the symbol of everything thats wrong with the industry. >> the investigation focused on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> todays regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles obrien journeys into the world ...