The NTSB says that the first officer failed proficiency evaluations during his training at Atlas Air, which operates Amazon Air flights, and at his prior job at Mesa Airlines. The NTSB released over 2,000 pages of documents from its investigation into the February 23 crash of Atlas Air Flight 3591, which was bound from Miami to Houston. After joining Atlas Air in July 2017, Aska’s training to pilot a 767 did not go smoothly. The boom in e-commerce has provided strong lift for Atlas Air, which at the time of the crash was one of just two contractors for Amazon.com’s budding air delivery operation Amazon Air. An Atlas Air spokesperson said: “Atlas’ workforce and fleet meet or exceed all government safety standards.

Source: Forbes December 19, 2019 21:55 UTC