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One year after a regional airliner crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, the government has failed to implement most of the safety reforms it promised in response to the accident, Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin Scovel told a House subcommittee Thursday.
In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee, Scovel said the FAA has fallen behind schedule or failed to meet goals on eight of 10 measures the agency said it would take, including regulations to prevent pilot fatigue and better inspection of training for regional airline pilots.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt countered that his agency deserves credit for its hard work and said the law requires FAA to go through a time-consuming process before adopting new regulations. "We would all love to move faster," Babbitt told the subcommittee.
The Feb. 12 crash of the Colgan Air Inc. flight is considered one of the most significant aviation accidents in recent years because it pointed to what many experts say is a lower level of safety for smaller regional airlines that operate short-haul flights for larger carriers. Regional airlines provide the only scheduled service to about 440 communities, accounting for about half of domestic departures and a quarter of airline passengers. The National Transportation Safety Board has said pilot error caused the crash. Gale Document Number:A218336326
Opinions are expressed by representatives on behalf of the Department of Transportation claiming Colgan has represented a trend of regional carriers to lag in meeting basic safety requirements. This will represent the opposing view of my argument that regional airlines such as Colgan Air are in fact safe despite these comments.
WGBH, comp. "Guidelines on journalistic styles and practices." About Frontline. PBS: Frontline, 1995. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/us/guidelines.html>.
These are the "rules" that PBS, Frontline, and WGBH Boston abide with when shooting, editing and producing Frontline and other programming. They have undoubtedly failed to adhere to their own legal expectations in production of "Flying Cheap" based on the language in this documentation, specifically headings 4 through 10 titled "Fairness".
Fourth one
Regional Airline Association. "FAQ." Priorities One Level of Safety. Regional Airline Association, 2010. Web. 10 Feb. 2010. <http://onelevelofsafety.com/priorities/>.
Regulations and statistics published by the website onelevelofsafety.com, a publication of the R.A.A. which is headed by Roger Cohen, who appeared on Frontline: Flying Cheap and may be interviewed by me in the course of this project.
Fifth one
Young, Rick. "FRONTLINE : FLYING CHEAP." Flying Cheap. Dir. Peter Pearce. Prod. Catherine Rentz and Fritz Kramer. PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 9 Feb. 2010. Television.
This is the citation for the program itself which aired on February 9th and is also seen in MP4 format via iTunes, transcript statements may vary slightly.
Sixth one
InterSky. Prod. World Air Routes. Just Planes Videos, 2004. DVD.
Possibly using footage from this cockpit documentary to draw comparisons and contrast European regional carriers with regional carriers that operate in America.
Seventh one
Stefano, Angela. "One Year Later." Web Log post. WNYmedia.net. WNY Media Network, 12 Feb. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. <http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/angelastefano/2010/02/one-year-later/>.
This emotional personal blog was created by a resident of Clearance Center, New York and published on the anniversary of the crash of a Continental Connection flight which fell onto a nearby property after failure to recover from a stall while on approach to Buffalo, NY.
Eighth one
Starr, Barbara, and Mike M. Ahlers. "Report: Stray Jet's Pilots Were on Laptops." Newsgroup. Report: Stray Jet's Pilots Were on Laptops. CNN, 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/index.html>.
A CNN online report done by two contributors describing details behind the oversights made by two Northwest/Delta pilots contributing to their failure to notice that they flew past their destination of Minneapolis by over 100 miles with an Airbus A320 packed with passengers.
Ninth one
Stroller, Gary. "Planes with Maintenance Problems Have Flown Anyway." USA Today [Miami, FL]. USA Today. USA TODAY, a Division of Gannett Co. Inc., 4 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-02-02-1Aairmaintenance02_CV_N.htm>.
Long article in USAToday pointing to the anonymous filings and FAA discoveries of maintenance neglect on airlines big and small across the country.
Tenth one
Rep. No. NTSB Air Accident Report: December 8, 2005-AAR-07/06 (2007). Print.
This is the report published by the National Transportation Safety Board in 2007 to the general public bringing their investigation findings to light. In a nutshell Southwest Airlines flight 1248 overran the end of a runway at Chicago-Midway Airport on December 8, 2005 and struck a car; killing a child in the car. The Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB both classify this to be a Fatal Airline Accident.
Eleventh one
Pasztor, Andy, and Susan Carey. "Colgan Air, Pilots at Odds on Safety." Wall Street Journal 1 Feb. 2010, sec. A. Print.
Deliberation from May 2009 hearings and opinions of safety experts and former pilots of Colgan Air reflect the contradicting thoughts on how safe the airline is and has been both leading up to and in the fallout of the fatal crash of one of their aircraft last February.
Twelfth one
Pasztor, Andy. "Colgan Crash Probe Cites Pilot Mistakes." Wall Street Journal 3 Feb. 2010, sec. A. Print.
Further discussion of hearings in the probe to review the activity in the cockpit of Colgan Air flight 3407. The article points out that the FAA is making recommendations but not mandates as a result of the findings in this case.
Thirteenth one
Carey, Susan. "Tiny Airline Flies Circles Around Its Rivals." The Wall Street Journal 17 Mar. 2010: B8. Print. This Wall Street Journal article highlights how a small upstart carrier in Canada called Porter Airlines has capitalized on an airport's key location using Q400 turboprops and the twofold passenger increase that Toronto City Airport has seen over the last four years.
Works currently being researched: annotations to be expanded soon
First one
"DOT IG Says FAA Lags In Regional Airline Safety. " Congress Daily AM. (Feb 5, 2010): NA. General OneFile. Gale. Newton North High School Library. 8 Feb. 2010
<http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A218336326&source=gale&userGroupName=mlin_m_nnorth&version=1.0>.
Full Text:COPYRIGHT 2010 Atlantic Media, Inc.
One year after a regional airliner crashed into a house near Buffalo, N.Y., killing 50 people, the government has failed to implement most of the safety reforms it promised in response to the accident, Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin Scovel told a House subcommittee Thursday.
In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee, Scovel said the FAA has fallen behind schedule or failed to meet goals on eight of 10 measures the agency said it would take, including regulations to prevent pilot fatigue and better inspection of training for regional airline pilots.
FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt countered that his agency deserves credit for its hard work and said the law requires FAA to go through a time-consuming process before adopting new regulations. "We would all love to move faster," Babbitt told the subcommittee.
The Feb. 12 crash of the Colgan Air Inc. flight is considered one of the most significant aviation accidents in recent years because it pointed to what many experts say is a lower level of safety for smaller regional airlines that operate short-haul flights for larger carriers. Regional airlines provide the only scheduled service to about 440 communities, accounting for about half of domestic departures and a quarter of airline passengers.
The National Transportation Safety Board has said pilot error caused the crash.
Gale Document Number:A218336326
Opinions are expressed by representatives on behalf of the Department of Transportation claiming Colgan has represented a trend of regional carriers to lag in meeting basic safety requirements. This will represent the opposing view of my argument that regional airlines such as Colgan Air are in fact safe despite these comments.
Second one
Schofield, Adrian. "Fatigue fracas: U.S. airlines sue FAA over rules for long flights. " Aviation Week & Space Technology. 170.2 (Jan 12, 2009): 38(1). General OneFile. Gale. Newton North High School Library. 8 Feb. 2010
<http://find.galegroup.com/gps/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T003&prodId=IPS&docId=A193025223&source=gale&userGroupName=mlin_m_nnorth&version=1.0>.
Abstract:
A legal conflict is on between some U.S. airlines and the FAA over revised crew rest regulations, which the FAA believes are necessary for flights longer than 16 hours. The revised regulations provide pilots on ultra-long range (ULR) flights double layover time than at present, which airlines feel would increase their costs without a proven safety enhancement.
Gale Document Number:A193025223
This straightforward report covers the legal outfall from the crash of Colgan Air 3407, as more suits emerge, congress will in turn act more quickly to scrutinize safety regulations.
Third one
WGBH, comp. "Guidelines on journalistic styles and practices." About Frontline. PBS: Frontline, 1995. Web. 11 Feb. 2010. <http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/us/guidelines.html>.
These are the "rules" that PBS, Frontline, and WGBH Boston abide with when shooting, editing and producing Frontline and other programming. They have undoubtedly failed to adhere to their own legal expectations in production of "Flying Cheap" based on the language in this documentation, specifically headings 4 through 10 titled "Fairness".
Fourth one
Regional Airline Association. "FAQ." Priorities One Level of Safety. Regional Airline Association, 2010. Web. 10 Feb. 2010. <http://onelevelofsafety.com/priorities/>.
Regulations and statistics published by the website onelevelofsafety.com, a publication of the R.A.A. which is headed by Roger Cohen, who appeared on Frontline: Flying Cheap and may be interviewed by me in the course of this project.
Fifth one
Young, Rick. "FRONTLINE : FLYING CHEAP." Flying Cheap. Dir. Peter Pearce. Prod. Catherine Rentz and Fritz Kramer. PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, 9 Feb. 2010. Television.
This is the citation for the program itself which aired on February 9th and is also seen in MP4 format via iTunes, transcript statements may vary slightly.
Sixth one
InterSky. Prod. World Air Routes. Just Planes Videos, 2004. DVD.
Possibly using footage from this cockpit documentary to draw comparisons and contrast European regional carriers with regional carriers that operate in America.
Seventh one
Stefano, Angela. "One Year Later." Web Log post. WNYmedia.net. WNY Media Network, 12 Feb. 2010. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. <http://wnymedia.net/wnymedia/angelastefano/2010/02/one-year-later/>.
This emotional personal blog was created by a resident of Clearance Center, New York and published on the anniversary of the crash of a Continental Connection flight which fell onto a nearby property after failure to recover from a stall while on approach to Buffalo, NY.
Eighth one
Starr, Barbara, and Mike M. Ahlers. "Report: Stray Jet's Pilots Were on Laptops." Newsgroup. Report: Stray Jet's Pilots Were on Laptops. CNN, 27 Oct. 2009. Web. 1 Mar. 2010. <http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/26/airliner.flyby/index.html>.
A CNN online report done by two contributors describing details behind the oversights made by two Northwest/Delta pilots contributing to their failure to notice that they flew past their destination of Minneapolis by over 100 miles with an Airbus A320 packed with passengers.
Ninth one
Stroller, Gary. "Planes with Maintenance Problems Have Flown Anyway." USA Today [Miami, FL]. USA Today. USA TODAY, a Division of Gannett Co. Inc., 4 Feb. 2010. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/travel/2010-02-02-1Aairmaintenance02_CV_N.htm>.
Long article in USAToday pointing to the anonymous filings and FAA discoveries of maintenance neglect on airlines big and small across the country.
Tenth one
Rep. No. NTSB Air Accident Report: December 8, 2005-AAR-07/06 (2007). Print.
This is the report published by the National Transportation Safety Board in 2007 to the general public bringing their investigation findings to light. In a nutshell Southwest Airlines flight 1248 overran the end of a runway at Chicago-Midway Airport on December 8, 2005 and struck a car; killing a child in the car. The Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB both classify this to be a Fatal Airline Accident.
Eleventh one
Pasztor, Andy, and Susan Carey. "Colgan Air, Pilots at Odds on Safety." Wall Street Journal 1 Feb. 2010, sec. A. Print.
Deliberation from May 2009 hearings and opinions of safety experts and former pilots of Colgan Air reflect the contradicting thoughts on how safe the airline is and has been both leading up to and in the fallout of the fatal crash of one of their aircraft last February.
Twelfth one
Pasztor, Andy. "Colgan Crash Probe Cites Pilot Mistakes." Wall Street Journal 3 Feb. 2010, sec. A. Print.
Further discussion of hearings in the probe to review the activity in the cockpit of Colgan Air flight 3407. The article points out that the FAA is making recommendations but not mandates as a result of the findings in this case.
Thirteenth one
Carey, Susan. "Tiny Airline Flies Circles Around Its Rivals." The Wall Street Journal 17 Mar. 2010: B8. Print. This Wall Street Journal article highlights how a small upstart carrier in Canada called Porter Airlines has capitalized on an airport's key location using Q400 turboprops and the twofold passenger increase that Toronto City Airport has seen over the last four years.