Earlier this week, Congress members Brian Higgins (D-NY-26) and Nick Langworthy (R-NY-23), together with the families of Flight 3407 and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), stood together in front of the U.S. Capitol following a hearing on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization to stress the need for Congress to protect flight safety standards, including the 1,500-hour rule for pilot training.
.investigating the financial pressures. if we didn t move those airplanes, they didn t make any money. .examining the experience of the pilots. boy, in nine months, you were a captain? yeah. that s. that s quick. almost scary, isn t it? .and asking what government regulators knew. it was horrifying. i think anyone that who read that file would have had the same questions that i had. tonight, frontline investigates how corners were cut on safety. i knew that this company was not playing by the rules, and something bad is going to happen. .and the risks of flying cheap. frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major funding is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan. committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public in