‘If it’s not broken, don’t fix it,’ New York representative says
Families who lost loved ones in the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 joined ALPA President Capt. Jason Ambrosi and U.S. Reps. Nick Langworthy (NY-23) and Brian Higgins (NY-26) last week to press lawmakers to maintain the regulations responsible for making the U.S. aviation system the safest in the world.
“Why would we play games with altering a safety protocol that is clearly effective?” Langworthy said at a press conference following a hearing on this year’s FAA reauthorization bill. “If it's not broken, don't fix it.”
Some airlines are using the reauthorization bill to push lawmakers to drastically cut the pilot training and qualifications standards passed in response to the Colgan crash. Those regulations, implemented through the Airline Safety Act of 2010, led to a 99.8% reduction in airline fatalities.
“Before 2010, we as a nation set the safety bar too low. We must never allow this to happen again,” Ambrosi said.
Watch the full clip from the press conference below.
