FAA Cutting no Slack for Regional Airlines
June 9, 2009 by Mark Ellis
Filed under Business
All regional airlines must abide by FAA regulations if they want to stay in the air, but the recent airplane crash in Buffalo, New York has caused a firestorm of criticism of the FAA regulations. Now, the FAA has decided to beef up the standard of its regulations and to enforce stricter inspections of airlines and their pilots.
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Many of the criticisms of regional airlines stem from the fact that they often hire pilots with fewer hours flown under their belts and then train them inadequately to deal with difficult situations. Other complaints include questions about whether or not pilots are allowed to get enough sleep under the current regulations.
A meeting between representatives of the major airlines and regional airlines, along with several other important groups in the world of commercial aviation, is scheduled for Monday. The main topic of the meeting will be safety, but FAA regulations will most certainly be discussed.
