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ElProlactinyesterday at 11:06 PM2 repliesview on HN

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miami-plane-crash-21-air-safety...

> The Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed off a Miami runway on Sunday, killing five people, was operated by a North Carolina company that has been accused by past employees of violating safety regulations, legal documents reveal.

There's a lot in the article, but this allegation is worth highlighting:

> Seuring's attorney, Michael Anello, told the judge that another 21 Air pilot, Johnny Salmonson, "was being pressured to fly in periods of time that were too short to comply with the proper amounts of rest, and that implicated safety. The layovers were too short."


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dghlsakjgtoday at 2:45 AM

Notably, none of those allegations from the fired former chief(!) pilot actively suing the company while appealing his rejected OSHA case touch on in-flight procedures.

If any of those are true, it will be very bad for the carrier, but they are not related to any of the failures being reported on.

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toomuchtodotoday at 12:06 AM

Ahh, so the Amazon delivery contractor squeeze but the air cargo version, with the air cargo corporate entity shielding Amazon from liability.

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