That's the end of it. It's a change American's pilots' union had demanded for more than a year. Maximum duty time is 14 hours. The flight went badly from the start. Baker said the shame list is a management tool.
Late flights cost the company money and future business.
There are repercussions for being on the list, but he did not specify what those are. As the hearing went into its second day at Arkansas' Excelsior Hotel, the snow falling outside distracted some of the 300 in attendance. Those with flights out Thursday were antsy. The audience included more than half of 1420's 129 surviving passengers. Baker was the spotlight witness and the last American representative to testify to the safety board's panel.