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That incident is a good case study into the concept of the accident chain. Both pilots were tired. The first officer complained of feeling ill. The captain had
by gbacon 9y ago
That incident is a good case study into the concept of the accident chain. Both pilots were tired. The first officer complained of feeling ill. The captain had a history of failing four checkrides and three airline check events. Crew coordination was poor. The captain evidently had a complete loss of situation awareness.
Richard Collins (not the pop singer) in Air Facts Journal called it a system error[0].
[0]: https://airfactsjournal.com/2014/03/double-tragedy-colgan-air-flight-3407/ https://airfactsjournal.com/2014/03/double-tragedy-colgan-ai...
- jrockway 9y agoAbsolutely. But you can apply all that to the Southwest incident; the captain didn't fail her checkrides, she didn't come to work tired or ill, she managed her crew resources effectively, etc., etc. On some level, I agree that nobody is a hero for just doing their job. But when not doing your job leads to people dying, it sure is nice when you do it efficiently while under pressure.