The Senate Aviation Subcommittee will be holding a hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board’s Reauthorization on Thursday, October 29th. In the aftermath of yet another pilot-related aviation incident, members of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ will be present at the hearing to continue their push for higher pilot Read more…
Buffalo, New York- October 21, 2009 – The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ criticized the recently released letter from the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), representing many of the nation’s major airlines, to the House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership. In the letter, the ATA stated its opposition to the House’s recently-passed aviation safety bill, namely the provision requiring all commercial airline pilots to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license. (more…)
The House of Representatives will be voting on the Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act on Wednesday, October 14th. Members of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ will be present at the Capitol for the vote on this crucial safety bill. The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ support the Read more…
Buffalo, New York- October 8, 2009 – The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ hailed the recent introduction in the Senate of S.1744, a bill that would significantly upgrade the qualifications required of commercial airline pilot by mandating that they hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license prior to being hired. (more…)
Buffalo, New York- September 30, 2009- The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ reiterated their strong support for the recently-introduced House provision that would require all pilots being hired to fly for commercial airlines to hold an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license, a significant upgrade of the existing standard, and challenged the House leadership to stand up to a behind-closed-doors effort to weaken the requirement. (more…)
Buffalo, New York- September 16, 2009- Mike Loftus, who lost his twenty-four year old daughter Madeline on Continental Flight 3407 and is a former commercial airline pilot, will testify on behalf of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407′ at the House of Representatives’ Aviation Subcommittee’s hearing next week. (more…)
Buffalo, NY- September 9, 2009- This Friday’s anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 carries special significance for one of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’, as Beverly Eckert, one of the passengers on the plane and a prominent 9/11 activist, had lost her husband, Sean Rooney, in one of the towers of the World Trade Center. (more…)
Buffalo, NY-September 02, 2009- As Congress prepares to return from its recess next week, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ announced plans to keep up the pressure on Capitol Hill until the FAA Reauthorization Act makes its way to President Obama’s desk with critical safety provisions already introduced in both the House and Senate. (more…)
Buffalo, New York- August 5, 2009 – The ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ applauded Senate Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) for following through on his promise of bringing airline executives from both regional and parent carriers before his subcommittee in the aftermath of the tragedy of Continental Flight 3407 operated by Colgan Air. (more…)
Buffalo, New York- July 30, 2009 – The determined efforts of the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ to bring about safety reforms in the commercial airline industry yielded significant success yesterday as the leadership of the House’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced legislation that called for sweeping changes. (more…)