Pinnacle’s Colgan Air Faces $1.89 Million Penalty From FAA

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is seeking to fine Pinnacle Airlines Corp.’s Colgan Air $1.89 million for allegedly allowing flight attendants to work before they were trained to use the planes’ fire extinguishers.

Colgan assigned 84 newly hired flight attendants to 172 flights after an inspector notified the carrier that they had not completed required training, the Washington-based agency said in a statement today.