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 From: kozelsm@attbi.com 
  
 news  wrote: 
 > 
 > NTSB staff: Co-pilot error caused 2001 crash 
 > Accident in Queens, New York, claimed lives of 265 people 
 > 
 > WASHINGTON (AP) -- The co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 587 caused 
 > the November 2001 crash in Queens, New York, that claimed the lives of 
 > 265 people, the staff of the nation's airline safety agency reported 
 > Tuesday. 
 > 
 > Investigator Robert Benzon of the National Transportation Safety Board 
 > staff said the co-pilot's response to turbulence, just seconds after 
 > the Airbus A300-600 plane took off from New York's John F. Kennedy 
 > International Airport, was "unnecessary and aggressive." 
  
 So what is the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) response to this 
 determination of probable cause? 
  
 I'll bet a lot of pilots will take exception to this finding. 
  
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