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>> what do you love about flying? >> i love that flying brings out the best of my character. >> reporter: she graduated from an aeronautical university last may and working as an instructor pilot. she had 250 flight hours at graduation and already earned 600 more. shes still not able to fly for a commercial airline. >> at first, its a lot of money you have to pay, a lot of time you have to put forward. a lot of work on the front end. as a career choice, its a great path to choose. >> reporter: i...

>> [ inaudible question ]. >> i dont have the specific dates. theyve been there for -- they left sunday -- okay. they left sunday and it was a normal course of business for us to work across the services in training missions. >> at what point do you ask and take the instructor pilot to make the decision of whether or not to go and not to go [ inaudible ]? >> now, im not a pilot. so ill speak from a novice stand point. but they are very cognizant of weather conditions before they depart on a miss...

Staffer or flight attendants. so the building of the team, the crew resource management process. its formalized. pilots are trained in it. it facilitates open communication. if someone is about to do something with the airplane, the other pilot doesnt feel kfbl. you have an obligation to bring it up. whether you are the first officer or the captain. this facilitates communication. it makes for better decisions. now the question that was brought up and rightfully so by the ntsb and the asiana acc...

The inmar sat put out. and so that could have happened. now, could a 777 pilot fly at 200 feet behind in formation? thats why im interested what the simulator data that was erased, what the fbi labs at quantico turns out to see. i talked to a 777 pilot just before i came on here. a chap who i have known a long time, a 777 pilot, as well as 787 instructor pilot. he indicated that he probably could, if he had practiced some in the simulator, and was on auto pilot. so there are different options th...

Flight 68 is exact overlay on the inmar sat put out. and so that could have happened. now, could a 777 pilot fly at 200 feet behind in formation? thats why im interested what the simulator data that was erased, what the fbi labs at quantico turns out to see. i talked to a 777 pilot just before i came on here. a chap who i have known a long time, a 777 pilot, as well as 787 instructor pilot. he indicated that he probably could, if he had practiced some in the simulator, and was on auto pilot. so ...

Flight 68 is exact overlay on the inmar sat put out. and so that could have happened. now, could a 777 pilot fly at 200 feet behind in formation? thats why im interested what the simulator data that was erased, what the fbi labs at quantico turns out to see. i talked to a 777 pilot just before i came on here. a chap who i have known a long time, a 777 pilot, as well as 787 instructor pilot. he indicated that he probably could, if he had practiced some in the simulator, and was on auto pilot. so ...

Faa compiled by experts show that more and more pilots are relying on automation and not their manual skills. so what do we need to do about this? i think theres a real sense in the industry that we need to start looking at reintroducing more manual flying and also improving the training. clearly training needs to be improved to this particular airline. >> it does make you wonder why this pilot was behind the controls at all in the first place, if he clearly wasnt comfortable landing this aircra...

Problem by retraining those pilots to be more assertive. but now listen to disturbing details we learned today about this asiana flight. the first officer says he told the pilot that the plane was sinking too fast. said this at least four times. the pilot at the controls was in training. he could have changed the approach of the landing. but he said it was quote a very hard decision to make because the instructor pilot had not made the call. in other words, he just didnt want to speak up to his ...

Picture of how this crash took place. investigators saying it was the landing gear that hit that seawall first. essentially a few feet higher they would have made it. a few feet lower, this would be a much more tragic story. three pilots were in the cockpit in the jet when it crashed on sunday. >> oh, my god -- >> reporter: the man in command was experienced on the experience 747. like this kln flight landing on the very runway of the san francisco crash. but this is his first time landing a 777...

State and federal authorities. they say they know of no specific plans for violence, but they fear any protests could quickly get out of hand. lets hope that doesnt occur. other enews were following right now. new details emerging about the asiana crash 214 as investigators wrap up interviews with the crew. the pilot sitting next to him was serving as an instructor pilot for the first time. and it was the planes main landing gear that hit the sea wall at the edge of the runway in san francisco...