EDITORIAL: Trump must support Flight 3407 families
The airline industry, with the help of complicit legislators, have vigorously pushed back on the rules designed to ensure safety for passengers in the air and people on the ground.
So when the president takes to Twitter and points out that in his first year as president there have been no commercial aviation fatalities, he should add a line endorsing hard-fought new rules.
That includes the newly required 1,500 hours flight time for pilots.
The law requires co-pilots and pilots to have 1,500 hours of flight experience and establishes new pilot training and safety requirements. Their purpose is to prevent the type of pilot error that caused the
The airline industry, with Sen.
Maintaining the rule has been an uphill battle. In September, a
As the family members accurately believe, this law -- championed by Senate Minority Leader
Let's just hope that the tweet by Rep.
Collins and anyone else who remembers that awful night when the plane crashed recalls the up-close images of death and destruction. And they know now that it could have been avoided.
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