On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:30:44 GMT, bellachg@yahoo.com (Guenter Bellach)
wrote:
>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.
I think at would be best to wait for the official accident report and
not to speculate on the qualification of the crew.
Helmut
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