In memoriam: Colgan 3407

[Dont call me Shirley]

Five years already since that tragic evening:
 
Article on anniversary:
http://wivb.com/2014/02/12/day-marks-five-years-since-crash-of-flight-3407/
 
 
Effects on crew rules:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/370895/pilot-shortage-made-congress-jillian-kay-melchior
 

 

[WorldTraveler]

ironically, it might have led to the greatest threat to the regional airline industry via 117.

 

[700UW]

You just can't resist, people died and you trivialize it.

 

[WorldTraveler]

I'm trivializing nothing. Serious accidents have often resulted in dramatic changes to the industry... this one is no different.

It was a serious accident but the government took the tack that regulation of pilot schedules had to be dramatically increased.

This all happened after regional carriers were pressured into lower costs at the hands of their legacy carrier partners to the point that the economics of being a regional airline pilot are so unattractive that there is now a very real pilot shortage.

The problem was there in Dec 2013; it became a crisis in Jan 2014 with the new rules.

The future of the regional airline industry in the US will look very different in the future and the reason can be directly linked to the accident.

Nonetheless, I trust that the families and communities involved have found the strength to rebuild in the midst of crushing losses.

 

[robbedagain]

RIP to all the victims of that tragedy  

 

[flyer63]

Guy I flew with at commuters daughter was on this flight. She was a hockey player on the team. RIP...