FAA proposes $1.9 million civil penalty against Colgan Air

The US FAA is proposing a civil penalty of $1,892,000 against Pinnacle Airlines subsidiary Colgan Air, for allegedly allowing 84 newly hired flight attendants to work on 172 flights aboard a Bombardier Dash 8-Q400, between Nov. 3-9, 2009, when they were not properly trained to use the aircraft's cabin fire extinguisher system.