simulator to use the emergency stick pusher that warned of an imminent stall. the captain would have been a candidate for remedial training but colgan did not have a program for pilots who demonstrated weakness. for his days to his rise to a pilot at colgan, they say the aviation system failed to hold back an aviator who didn t have the right stuff. the pilot needed a good day to pass a test. i liken it to a student who gets passed from grade to grade and upon graduation hasn t mastered the material. the ntsb found renslow and co-pilot were not well rested and engaged in conversation unrelated to the flight through much of the evening. a violation of cockpit rules. there was no reason why this should have happened had he been properly trained, the pilot had been properly trained and