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Brian Higgins: The victims' families did not blame the pilots themselves, because they were victims too. They blamed the system that…

On the recordApril 17, 2023
The victims' families did not blame the pilots themselves, because they were victims too. They blamed the system that allowed inadequately trained pilots to fly our commercial planes.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins discusses the blame placed on the system rather than pilots after a tragic plane crash.

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