Flight 3407 Families Call Out Thune for Attempted End Run Around Congress on Pilot Qualifications
Look Forward to Meeting with Chao to Make Case for Safety
Buffalo, New York – December 18, 2017 – Amid reports that Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune was going to abandon his controversial legislative initiative that would weaken a key regional airline safety measure and instead push for the Trump administration to unilaterally implement his proposal, the ‘Families of Continental Flight 3407’ blasted Thune for bypassing the legislative process. They highlighted the sterling safety record that has been achieved as a result of landmark aviation safety legislation unanimously passed by Congress back in 2010 in response to the crash of Flight 3407, and called on President Trump and his transportation policy-makers to resist Thune’s pressures and instead stand up for the safety of the American flying public. (more…)