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Was at colgan, he had also not passed some of the tests that he had had. >> the captain eventually passes all of the required tests. colgan points out that their crew training meets or exceeds requirements of the faa. but former inspector general of the department of transportation, mary schiavo, points to what she sees as the problem with the regional airlines in general, cost cutting. >> their whole business model is to fly inexpensive aircraft and save a lot of money, because they have a fixed-price contract. so they can fly cheap planes cheaply. they make money under their contract. if the...

When continental connection flight 3407 crashes into a buffalo suburb on a wintry february night in 2009, there are no survivors. the tragedy raises many questions. >> the air speed decreased and after further pitch and roll excursions, the airplane pitched down and entered a steep decent from which it did not recover. >> one question is why the captain responded incorrectly when the plane stalled. according to the ntsb, part of the problem may have been the pilot's basic skills. the report states that the captain never revealed to colgan, the regional carrier for flight 3407, that he had fail...

Had also not passed some of the tests and the checks that he had had. >> captain renslo eventually passes all of the required tests. colgan points out that their training meets or exceeds requirements of the faa. but former inspector general of the department of transportation mary sciavo points to what she sees as the problem with the regional airlines in general, cost cutting. >> their whole business model is to fly inexpensive aircraft and save a lot of money. because they have a fixed-price contract. so they can fly cheap planes, cheaply. they make money on their contract. if they have mor...

Flight 3407, that he had failed several certification exams. >> he apparently wasn't completely honest inútz@w;e)ti those. but while he was at colgan, he also had not passed some of the tests in the check rides that he had had. >> the captain eventually passes all of the required tests. colgan points out that their crew training meets or exceeds requirements of the faa. but former inspector general of the department of transportatioç points to what she sees as the problem with the regional airlines in general, cost cutting. >> their whole business model is to fly inexpensive aircraft and sa...

All of the required tests. colgan points out that their training meets or exceeds requirements of the faa. but former inspector general of the department of transportation points to what she sees as the problem with the regional airlines in general, cost cutting. >> their whole business model is to fly inexpensive aircraft and save a lot of money. because they have a fixed-price contract. so they can fly cheap planes, cheaply. they make money on their contract. if they have more expensive pilots, more expensive planes they don't. >> the regional airlines association disputes that and told nbc ...