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NTSB Public Docket Reveals Crew Confusion, Training Discrepancies in Atlas Air 3591 Downing
Although the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not yet issued its probable cause determination in the Feb. 23, 2019 downing of an Atlas Air Boeing 767 freighter near Houston, Texas, information contained in the Board's recently-released public docket on the investigation paints a picture of a confused flight crew working against one another trying to keep their aircraft in the sky. (www.ainonline.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I wonder when during the flight the jumpseater realized he was probably the sharpest knife in the drawer.
PRIA records work great if you list all of your past employers. Can't blame Atlas for not discovering the training failures of the FO when the FO never disclosed working for the airlines he had failures at.
PRIA records are not like a DMV database where you have all records in one place, hiring airlines have to reach out to all of a perspective pilots previous employers and receive records for the pilots time at that particular carrier. Seems to me like the system needs some work.
PRIA records are not like a DMV database where you have all records in one place, hiring airlines have to reach out to all of a perspective pilots previous employers and receive records for the pilots time at that particular carrier. Seems to me like the system needs some work.
As someone who has hired hundreds of people over the years, you call every former employer for the last 15 years, verify the start and end dates of employment, and ask if the person is eligible for re-hire. Some won't answer the last question, but some will tell you something like, "applicant is eligible for rehire if passes the xyz exam". If there are gaps of more than 30 days between jobs, you require the applicant to provide more detail about the gap. If the answers are not forthcoming, pass. Better no pilot than one with a sketchy history.
Wow.. time for digital employment records.. so you can leave your regional, which you failed out of twice, off your resume. All failed check rides should ride with you for your carrier. Especially if your frantically pushing buttons without knowing why.. “ “..
so with these speculations flying all around the place, why has the FAA not yet swooped down to do an inspection of the qualifications of all the pilots of Atlas Air? Unqualified airmen in commercial cockpits is an item on the curiosity list of the FAA, or at least ought to be. A couple of inspectors for a day or so, then some answers to direct questions, and this is put to rest. Perhaps...
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