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>> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> if we didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's quick. >> almost scary, isn't 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. ...

>> ...investigating the financial pressures... >> if we didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's quick. >> almost scary, isn't 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. ...

regional airlines... >> the major airlines created the regional industry as a way of lowering costs. >> ...investigating the financial presres... if we didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's quick. >> almost scary, isn't 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... ...

industry. >> it focused attention on a major transformation in the airline industry. >> today's regional airlines are really the backbone of the domestic network system. >> tonight on frontline, correspondent miles o'brien 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 didn't move those airplanes, they didn't make any money. >> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's q...

>> ...examining the experience of the pilots... >> boy, in nine months, you were a captain? >> yeah. >> that's... that's quick. >> almost scary, isn't 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 risks of flying cheap. >> frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from view...