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COMMENTS: Short Haul’s Shortcomings
After Tuesday's sensational cockpit transcripts from the doomed Continental Connection flight, only NBC's Tom Costello followed up with day two of the National Transportation Safety Board hearings. Although the Continental logo was on Flight 3407, it was operated by Colgan Airlines. "The major airlines outsource the short haul routes"--this one was from Newark to Buffalo--"to the short haul regional carriers." Yet when the NTSB heard about Colgan's pilots' fatigue and low pay and poor training and inexperience, "all of this may lead to changes in the way the regional airline industry conducts its business," Costello speculated.
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