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Comment by ElProlactin

15 hours ago

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miami-plane-crash-21-air-safety...

> The Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed off a Miami runway on Sunday, killing five people, was operated by a North Carolina company that has been accused by past employees of violating safety regulations, legal documents reveal.

There's a lot in the article, but this allegation is worth highlighting:

> Seuring's attorney, Michael Anello, told the judge that another 21 Air pilot, Johnny Salmonson, "was being pressured to fly in periods of time that were too short to comply with the proper amounts of rest, and that implicated safety. The layovers were too short."

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ElProlactin

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dghlsakjg  12 hours ago

Notably, none of those allegations from the fired former chief(!) pilot actively suing the company while appealing his rejected OSHA case touch on in-flight procedures.

If any of those are true, it will be very bad for the carrier, but they are not related to any of the failures being reported on.

  • ElProlactin  10 hours ago

    > ...but they are not related to any of the failures being reported on.

    If pilots weren't being given enough rest time, as alleged, you don't believe that might affect decision-making in the cockpit?

    • thisismyanon2  4 hours ago

      Even if the pilots were getting their legally mandated rest, passenger pilots are held to a higher crew rest requirements because the lessons learned from Colgan Air only apply to passenger airlines. Even if that were enough rest the flight departed at what was likely their circadian low.