Boris Galinsky's blog

As I was working on the Great Task’s Facebook page, I ran across this Facebook advertisement:

No-no-no, this is not about 9-11 and terrorists flying planes into buildings. The story is about the crash of Continental Flight 3407 which was operated by Colgan Air near Buffalo, New York.

During the National Transportation Safety Board’s inquiry into the accident it became known that:

- pilot of the plane, Marvin D. Renslow, 47, did not have sufficient training to fly the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 and lied about his flight record when he was hired
- his co-pilot, Rebecca Lynn Shaw , 24, did not have sufficient training either, especially, about flying the plane in icy conditions

There was an interesting article in Fortune magazine describing how governors of New Jersey – my home state - Democrat Jim Florio in 1992 and Republican Christine Todd Whitman in 1994 looted the state’s pension plan. It can be read here or here.

There is a general feeling of anger among many Americans. We feel betrayed by our political and business leaders, our entire system.