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Chapter 9 (Part 2)-”The Rise and Fall of the TWA Pilots' Association”

Chapter 9 (Part 2)-”The Rise and Fall of the TWA Pilots' Association”

Update: 2020-02-29
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The flight that killed U.S. Senator Bronson Cutting from New Mexico brought renewed scrutiny to the airline accident investigations process. Until this point, "pilot error" was a commonly cited cause for accidents. However, because a prominent politician was involved in the crash of TWA Flight 6, the U.S. Commerce Department played a large role in the fallout. Meanwhile, the management of TWA knew that they would eventually fall under increased scrutiny, and realized that the company-sponsored "TWA Pilots Association" and their opposition to an independent airline accident investigation agency proposed by ALPA and Dave Behncke would quickly be unpopular with the public at large.

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Chapter 9 (Part 2)-”The Rise and Fall of the TWA Pilots' Association”

Chapter 9 (Part 2)-”The Rise and Fall of the TWA Pilots' Association”

Air Line Pilots Association, International