Flight 3407 Families on Alert Over Efforts to Loosen Pilot Qualification Requirements
Warn of Airlines Holding Essential Air Service Hostage to Win Government Concessions
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.
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