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At the time of the crash Captain Scott was the holder of airline transport pilot certificate No. 28412 and had accumulated flying time of more than 5,000 hours, of which 1,535 hours were in Douglas DC-3 type equipment. He had served as a second pilot for United for four years before becoming captain, and his record indicates that he had logged 1,943 hours of flying time as captain, of which 735 hours were night flying time. He had accumulated 148 hours of instrument time and more than 63 hours under the hood. His record further indicates that he had flown as a check pilot for United and as such had taught instrument flying to younger officers of the airline. The record shows that in accordance with United's practice, Captain Scott was hood-checked on September 5, 1940, on both two-engine and one-engine operation under simulated instrument conditions and was found satisfactory.
A physical examination by a medical examiner of the Civil Aeronautics Administration on July 26, 1940, showed Captain Scott to be physically qualified as an airline transport pilot and, in addition, he had satisfactorily completed an examination given by a doctor of United's medical department on August 19, 1940.
First Officer Young was 30 years of age and a graduate of engineering of Purdue University. He had received his early flight training with the United States Navy, graduating from the Naval Aviation Training School at Pensacola, Florida, and had been four years with the service. He was employed by United on February 5, 1940, and the record indicates that he had served as a flight
