Buffalo, New York – April 18, 2023 – Family members of the Flight 3407 group will be traveling to Washington, DC to attend a House Aviation Subcommittee hearing on April 19, 2023. The hearing is one of a series concerning issues of importance in the upcoming FAA Reauthorization process.
(more…)On Friday, February 10, a ceremony was held in Clarence Center, New York to remember the lives lost in the Continental Flight 3407 tragedy and to remind the public of the importance of aviation safety regulations. The video of this event can be found below or accessed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYDk7nC7EA
(more…)Buffalo, New York – February 12, 2023 – Fourteen years ago, on a Thursday evening, our loved ones boarded Continental Flight 3407 at Newark Liberty International Airport. They boarded that plane not just with their luggage and belongings, but with so much more… memories, hopes, plans, dreams… further contributions to this world just waiting to be made.
Today serves as yet another painful reminder that Flight 3407 never made it. And our world… and THE world… have never been the same because of it.
Buffalo, New York – February 1, 2023 – Nearly 14 years after the tragic and very avoidable crash of Continental Flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, New York, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ are readying for the upcoming FAA Reauthorization process and yet another attempt by the regional airlines to water down the higher pilot qualification requirements enacted in the aftermath of the crash.
(more…)Buffalo, New York – September 20, 2022 – We commend the Federal Aviation Administration for denying Republic Airways’ petition for exemption from the enhanced First Officer Qualification requirements that came about as a result of the landmark 2010 Aviation Safety Act. These requirements have been the cornerstone of a package of regional airline safety reforms that have led to over thirteen years without a fatal crash on a U.S. commercial carrier, by far and away the safest period in the skies that our country has experienced.
(more…)Buffalo, NY – July 28, 2022 – A plaque honoring the aviation safety advocacy efforts of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ will be dedicated on Monday, August 1st at the headquarters of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Orville Wright Federal Building.
(more…)Buffalo, New York – May 13, 2022 – With news that regional carrier Republic Airways has petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration for an exemption to the foundation of the landmark aviation law unanimously passed by Congress in 2010 in response to the tragic crash of Flight 3407, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ strenuously objected and called on acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen to reject the proposal in the strongest and swiftest manner possible.
(more…)Buffalo, New York – April 20, 2022 – With Sky West announcing the impending elimination of Essential Air Service (EAS) routes and airline lobbyists beginning to make the rounds to push for reduced pilot qualification requirements as part of the upcoming FAA Reauthorization process, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ challenged Congress and the Biden Administration to hold the line on these guidelines in the interest of the safety of the traveling public, specifically in terms of our nation’s regional carriers.
(more…)Buffalo, New York – February 12, 2022 – Yet again, the calendar turns to February 12th and the sights, sounds, and memories of a horrible tragedy come flooding back. Sadness and pain as we reflect on our loved ones who are no longer with us, and all the experiences of the past thirteen years that they have not been able to be a part of.
(more…)Buffalo, New York – May 27, 2021 – Twelve years after showing up in Washington for the initial National Transportation Safety Board hearing into the crash and making the first of what would become over seventy-five trips to Washington, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ at long last achieved closure with the finalization of the pilot record database, the last remaining initiative to be implemented from the landmark 2010 aviation safety legislation that Congress passed as a result of the crash. The group thanked the executive agencies who worked on the project, as well as their advocates in Congress and the aviation sector who fought alongside them for over a decade, and reflected on the memories of their loved ones who were lost in the crash.
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