Continental Express Crash in Buffalo

Don't know what to say about the findings so far in the investigation of this tragic crash last winter. Among the findings so far:

• A captain who lied on his application about failing 3 check rides with the FAA. He reported that he failed 1. Not sure I want to fly with a pilot who has failed 1, let alone 3.
• Co-pilot who said minutes before the crash that she had never flown in ice, and wanted nothing to do with having to make a decision about deicing a plane, and had never flown a plane that had to be deiced.
• Co-pilot who had flown on a red-eye from Seattle the night before, caught some sleep on a couch in a pilot's lounge before heading off for Buffalo.
• Captain did completely the opposite think he should have when the plane stalled, pulling back to make the plane go up when he should have gotten the nose heading down to get out of the stall.
• Captain and co-pilot chit-chatting during final approach in violation of FAA rules.
• And on and on.

Can't imagine what all the families are feeling. One thing when there is nothing the pilots can do. Quite another when the crash could have been prevented had the pilots done the right thing, had the right training, etc. My heart goes out to all the friends and families of everyone who died in this tragic crash.

Colgan Air, the operating airline, might as well sell their planes and start piling up cash to pay the victim's families. Not that the cash will help, but it will be paid, in big bundles.