Families of Continental Flight 3407: pilot fatigue and training rules
After the February 2009 Colgan Air (Continental Connection) Flight 3407 crash near Buffalo, victims' families lobbied Congress and the FAA for stronger pilot rest and training rules. Their push helped pass the Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010, which ordered a new pilot fatigue rule (FAA Part 117, issued December 2011), and the families have since campaigned to stop those rules being weakened.
- Years
- 2009–now
- Country
- United States
- Topic
- Injury preventionSleep
- Asks people to
- Support a policy
- Strategy
- Policy pairedTestimonial
- Channel
- EventsPrintTV
- Audience
- General publicMembers of Congress, FAA and DOT officials, the travelling public
Evidence
ProcessUnknown
The 2010 Act required a new flight, duty and rest rule; FAA published Part 117 (Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest Requirements) in January 2012, effective January 2014. No study isolates the campaign's role or the rule's effect on fatigue.
Sponsor (who paid)
- Families of Continental Flight 3407 NGO
Credits (who made it)
Not recorded yet.
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Research notes
Created 2026-10-24 by an AI research pass for #103 (G2); not reviewed by a person. The families' group has no confirmed official website; Federal Register and Part 117 dates come from search results (govinfo PDF not opened). Whether fatigue caused the crash is disputed: the NTSB cited pilot error and training. To verify: crash 12 Feb 2009; 2010 Act (PL 111-216); Part 117 announced 21 Dec 2011, published 4 Jan 2012, effective 4 Jan 2014.
Record cases/flight-3407-families-pilot-fatigue-rule.json, updated 2026-10-24· Link to this campaign