Consequences
Several federal laws were passed after the crash, including a law that required "immediate seizure of all airline employee credentials" after termination from an airline position. A policy was also put into place stipulating that all airline flight crew were to be subject to the same security measures as passengers. Some thought the new policy was senseless, since there were no flight crew members responsible for the tragedy, while ground personnel, like the perpetrator, were still (and are still) permitted to bypass security measures.
The crash killed the president, James R. Sylla, 53, and three other managers of Chevron USA along with three officials of Pacific Bell, which prompted many large corporations to create or revise policies on group travel by executives.
Read more about this topic: Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
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