Lawyers for Colgan Victims Claim to Hold “Smoking Gun”
Colgan lawyers hold "smoking gun."
Pinnacle Airlines' Colgan Air subsidiary flies 31 Bombardier Q400s, now as United Express. (Photo: Bombardier)
Pinnacle Airlines' Colgan Air subsidiary flies 31 Bombardier Q400s, now as United Express. (Photo: Bombardier)

The chief pilot of Colgan Air had expressed reservations about the qualifications of the captain of the Bombardier Q400 that crashed on approach to Buffalo, N.Y., less than six months prior to the Feb. 12, 2009 accident, according to internal e-mail records released by the law firm representing seven families of the victims.