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Pilot in Fatal Atlas Crash Had Repeated Flight-Test Failures
A pilot on a jet carrying Amazon.com Inc. packages that crashed near Houston in February had a record of repeatedly flunking flight tests and may have become disoriented in clouds, according to newly released documents. The pilot mistakenly thought the plane’s nose was pointed too high and jerked the jet down so steeply that the Boeing Co. 767 dove into a marsh, even as the captain fought to pull up, according to National Transportation Safety Board records released Thursday. (www.bloomberg.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I know potential employers are limited in questions they can ask of former employers, but wouldn't test results and certifications be something a potential employer is allowed to investigate?
Pilots PRIA applications give companies permission to investigate backgrounds and employers.. these 2 failed companies would have come up if checks were done correctly..
Shame for all concerned
Shame for all concerned
PRIA paperwork only goes back five years. I think he failed out of Air Wisconsin in 2011 so it wouldn’t have showed up. Definitely a failure in the system.
left two companies due to not being able to complete the training... red flag...
spatial diorientation was supposed to be introduced, experienced, and dealt with in primary instrument training. The feeling that my head says one thing and my eyes reading the gages says another thing- that conflict was part of training, and the solution to that feeling was another part of training. BEleive the gages- your head is not telling you truth: that is what this co-pilot did not seem to get then or when he help crash the cargo jet.
Repeat after me. "My airplane."