seasoned. are there different regulations for cargo pilots as far as training is concerned? yes, f.a.a. has been trying to move to one standard of safety, and it s been a struggle over ten, 15 years, people flying the passengers planes and people that ply in a commuter plane have the same safety standards. cargo has been a bit more different to regulate. they have a different flight regimen, they flight at night, different pilot rules. but remember, all this came out of the that horrible crash in buffalo, the commuter crash, a lot of lessons learned, applying to pilot rules and safety. for example, what lessons were learned from that crash. the hours in flight were ridiculous. a young 20-year-old with 15 hours in flight. the pilot salary is $25,000, $30,000, same as you make at mcdonald s. no offense to mcdonald s, but they weren t paying the pilot.
flight regimen. and the flight crew apparently performed as trained. they trained for an engine-out takoff and landing as part of their regular megyn: got bless the flight crew. mechanical crew, why know. don t they kick the tires before it takes off? how does one of the engines fail mid flight? we re told there are about 25 incidents a year involving an engine failing in flight or on the ground. you have to remember there are tens of millions of flight hours. megyn: there is comfort in that unless you are on one of the 25 flights. exactly. but the point is, people engineer for this and they investigate what happens. if this was a failure that could be replicated into the engine on another aircraft, they will issue a flight advisory. they will check it out and they will look at the engines on