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Captain David J. Teelin, age 46, was employed by American Airlines Inc. on January 6, 1946, and was upgraded to Captain on May 1, 1956. He held airline transport pilot certificate No. 221867 with ratings in the Douglas DC-6/7, Convair 240/340/440, Lockheed L-188, Boeing 727, and BAC 1-11. He satisfactorily passed his last FAA first-class medical examination on May 25, 1965, with no waivers. He had in excess of 24 hours off-duty time preceding this trip.

Captain Teelin satisfactorily completed his type rating requirements in the Boeing 727 on March 1, 1965, and was a company-designated check airman in this type equipment.

He had accumulated a total of 16,387 flying hours including a total of 225 hours in Boeing 727 type aircraft.

On the subject flight Captain Teelin, in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) 121.425(a)(l), was acting as check airman for Captain O'Neill who had completed 9 hours and 30 minutes of the programmed 25 flight hours as pilot-in-command under the observation of a check airman. As the check airman assigned to this flight Captain Teelin was the designated pilot-in-command of the aircraft.

Captain Teelin was observed to be in the copilot's seat on the aircraft's departure from LaGuardia Airport. It was also determined that Captain Teelin was making all radio transmissions from Flight 383 to the Cincinnati Tower during the approach.

Captain William J. O'Neill, age 39, was employed by American Airlines Inc. on May 1, 1951, and was upgraded to captain on April 8, 1957. He held airline transport certificate No. 351691 with ratings in the Douglas DC-6/7, Convair 240, and Boeing 727. He satisfactorily passed his last FAA first-class medical examination on July 26, 1965, with no waivers. He had in excess of 24 hours off-duty time preceding this trip.

He had accumulated a total of 14,400 flying hours of which 35 were in the Boeing 727.

Captain O'Neill began training in the Boeing 727 on August 16, 1965, and received approximately 21 hours of B-727 flight training prior to taking his initial type rating flight check on October 16, 1965. The records indicate that he failed to