Comments on: Excessive zeal for bus passengers’ safety discouraged

By: bob

bob — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 00:32:46 +0000

Funny thing, one of the cases that brought us the horrific ADAAA was Sutton v. UAL – where Sutton wanted to be an airline pilot though legally blind. The disabled community was outraged with the reasoning behind the determination that UAL hadn’t violated the law.

By: Crabtree

Crabtree — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:32:50 +0000

So, what happens when one of the buses has an accident like the one that almost killed Tracy Morgan?

By: Speed

Speed — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:51:52 +0000

MattS wrote, “One commercial airliner crash will kill more people than one bus crash.”

There are two pilots on an airplane and one driver on a bus. Pilots have become disables and even died during a flight without causing a crash.

(CNN) — The 161 passengers aboard United Flight 1603 must have known something was wrong when a crew member announced on the cabin loudspeaker if anyone aboard was a physician.

The pilot, Capt. Henry Skillern, 63, was suffering a heart attack.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/27/us/boise-airline-pilot-heart-attack/index.html

By: MattS

MattS — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:15:44 +0000

Jason,

You don’t understand the governments perspective on safety issues.

One commercial airliner crash will kill more people than one bus crash.

The relative numbers of such instances is irrelevant.

By: Bumper

Bumper — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 16:02:42 +0000

‘Cause the FAA told EEOC to shove it and since more of our elected federal officials fly than take the bus the push comes to shove stuck.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 15:10:41 +0000

Federal law requires airline pilots to retire at age 65. There are more bus accidents in the U.S. each year than plan crashes indicating a higher level of risks for bus drivers.

Why does the federal government REQUIRE age discrimination in airline pilots, but against it for the more dangerous activity of driving a bus?