Skift Take
The FAA's announcement on new co-pilot training requirements is not tied to the Asiana Airlines crash and only relates to U.S. airlines, but it does resonate given heightened safety concerns.
Rightly or wrongly, pilot training is on many people's minds in light of the Asiana Airlines crash, but prior to the accident that stole two passengers' lives, there was Colgan Air flight 3407.
The 2009 crash of the Colgan Air flight from Newark to Buffalo, New York, which was marketed as a Continental Connection trip, killed all 49 people on board, and one person on the ground. Before the Asiana accident in San Francisco, it was the most recent commercial airline flight in the U.S. involving fatalities.
The FAA cited the wishes of the families of Colgan flight 3407 in announcing today that it is making more stringent the qualification requirements for co-pilots flying for U.S. commercial and cargo airlines.
In a pending rule, co-pilots, formally known as first officers, will be required to put in at lea
