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Single-pilot ops targeted by regulators

The crash of a Premier IA jet at the EAA AirVenture show this summer after an unstabilized approach has helped to reignite the debate over the efficacy of

By Mark Huber • Contributor

October 19, 2010

The crash of a Premier IA jet at the EAA AirVenture show this summer after an unstabilized approach has helped to reignite the debate over the efficacy of single-pilot turbine aircraft operations by non-professional pilots.

The statistics are irrefutable. Single-piloted turbine aircraft crash far more often than do those operated by two- pilot crews. The latest report from Robert E. Breiling and Associates, the aviation safety data consultancy, provides a glaring contrast between both single- and two-crew aircraft as well as a differentiation between the accident rates of aircraft operated by professional corporate flight departments and other operators.

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