On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 18:52:40 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:
>Guenter Bellach writes:
>
>> You are probably right. To go to Krabi instead would not have made
>> such a difference. A parallel here to the crash in Suratthani a few
>> years ago?
>
>It's probably an instance of "get-home-itis," which afflicts even airline
>pilots. There may have been tremendous pressure to land at the scheduled
>airport, too.
This time it may have been "go Soi Bangla-itis" There is no Soi Bangla
in Krabi.
Now we know the pilot was Indonesian. It was reported that One-Two-Go
recently replaced a number of European and Thai pilots with pilots
from Indonesia and the Philippines in order to reduce staff costs.
Well now we have seen the results of this. Indonesian airlines,
especially Garuda are very accident prone, seem to have the worst
record in the world. This particular pilot flew for a couple of very
minor Indonesian airlines which have since folded. I for one, will
avoid One-two-go in the future. I wonder if AirAsia employs the same
type of pilots? From a booking and organisational aspect they seem to
be more professional in my experience. |