It would appear that Comair pilots generally are of the lowest common demominator, if this terrible and totally unnecessary accident is any indication.
Not paying attention to business, idle chit chat, wrong airplane initially, then the wrong runway, unlit no less.
Seems to me that aircarrier certificate action by the FAA is long overdue with regard to Comair....and indeed other regional airlines, if the Comair accident is any reasonable indication.
Harsh comments, you say?
Yeah, some might agree....untill we look not far in the past at the Pinnacle FL410 fiasco.
Junior birdmen, sadly.
Just the tip of the iceberg with regard to regional airlines, I suspect.
With all this CRM parlor games nonsense requirements in the training departments now, no wonder we have accidents like this one, where very BASIC requirements go unnoticed.