Exclusive: American Airlines’ largest regional carrier gets FAA warning

Had the plane not diverted at the last second, there was a “high probability” the plane would not have had room to stop, an inspector later concluded, which would have been a “potentially catastrophic situation.”

This close call is one of multiple instances of alleged pilot error included in a Federal Aviation Administration warning to Envoy Air, the largest regional carrier for American Airlines.

An FAA document detailing the agency’s findings dated from January and obtained exclusively by CNN describes “consistent evidence showing potential lack of airmanship,” unsafe and poor…