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Originally Posted by
Longtimer 
In a statement, the airline said "71 pilots on its fleet of 10 ATR planes will be required to do a test by the Civil Aeronautics Administration and a professional unit to make sure they are all qualified on their jobs."
Errm, excuse me, but shouldn't that have been done before they were employed by the airline? A bit too late once they're on the line to find later that they're not "qualified on their jobs".
IF this crew did misidentify the engine then the airline is at least recognising there is a significant training issue to be addressed.
Somehow, I think they may be more to it then this though and they shouldn't be crucified just yet.
(I don't know if the July 2014 accident report has been published yet but both the airline and the Taiwanese regulator will know that it was a totally avoidable accident and that may well have a bearing on the (training and checking) recommendations from this accident too)