Alif A. F.

I believe Pan Borneo highway Sarawak section is close to completion. Now Sarawak gov. is constructing coastal highway with several bridges under construction. Seems progressing well. Heavy industries already investing in Sarawak especially in OGE sector.

But Sarawak is also embarking on other economic enhancing projects at the same time. The state gov wants to acquire majority stake in Affin Bank. The state gov invested heavily in energy sectors.

That depends on the government agencies involved in the technical compliance. Local authorities depend a lot on other technical departments for compliance. Six months approval are norm while one year is too long, while three months is considered quick already by Malaysian standards. And local authorities in Malaysia are governed by four separate laws, if I remember correctly. So, rules and procedures do not quite aligned. In Sabah for example, planning approval still needs to go through state government level, even for projects on small plots of land. This is because none of the district land use master plans (the basis of planning approval) in the state have ever been approved by state level to be used by local authorities. And technical agencies have differential bureaucracies - most of them work in silo with minimal interaction with each other. Hence, local authorities have no actual power or 'teeth' to implement real changes. And I argue there is no meaningful investment made to make local authorities more competent.

20% capacity reduction seems significant. What will happen to those affected staff?

The fact that MAG has to make such statement, the problem must be so serious.

That's like half of MH's long-haul fleet already. Imagine if such ratio happened to SQ, that would instantly paralyse the airline already.

As long as the government saves the day… Seems like this is the general mindset of government depts in this country, only act when ministers told them to or reactive to current situation but seems no forward sightedness to solve overarching issue. Their benchmark seems to be who got higher position grade than who - ‘performance belakang cerita’.

How competent are these people in running the airline?

Apparently Malaysians can enter Guam, visa-free.

I wonder how the fares would be like? Maybe about RM100-200 higher than ex-KUL.

I guess the livery might be back to standard SIA scheme. The media has been quite specific about showing that exact Star Alliance livery...

I guess sums up about Malaysia - under-radar, under-rated, always in the middle-of...something and something...

If that translates to even higher passenger service charges (and any other airport related charges) for the sake of higher quality services, then so be it. I've been hearing the calls from outside (i.e. IATA) for MAHB to increase landing fees too. KLIA has the lowest rate in the region, but still no reputable long-haul airlines going to come here.

Thanks for the responses.

Just an idea, why not put seatbelt sign-on text announcement on IFE screens so all passengers can see. Say, if passengers watch movies, the announcement text can be placed on the screen edge from time to time...slightly annoying but it keeps them always reminded. Also, can add weather or cloud layer in navigation maps too so passengers get rough idea how the weather like surrounding the plane they are in 😅...

Mountain wave is a common phenomenon in Crocker range region of Sabah. Sometimes, lenticular aka 'UFO' clouds can be seen at early mornings. Used to frequent flew between KK and Sandakan. Pilots would sometimes take long detour around Kudat/Kota Marudu area to avoid those huge thunderstorm clouds hanging above Mt Kinabalu/Crocker range region at late afternoons.

Can you point the technical evidence suggesting so? I always think wide bodied planes in general can withstand turbulence better than small regionals (like ATRs for example) ...

Oh, wait I don't think UPG is downgraded as domestic. I read the article and UPG is still maintained as international. The way the article was written is confusing (for me) at least.

It is more costly to airlines when you got smashed overhead panels, bodily injuries and worse - death. And also, wouldn't be too far off to say that climate change has made flying more turbulent?

I think UPG (Makassar) has the potential to be eastern Indonesia's international aviation hub. Went pass through the airport in 2013 and it was already an important hub for the region.

Since this incident happened about 2 hours from Singapore, meal service could have commenced then and most passengers waking up from slumber, and some lined up for lavatories. But then could also be some pax not wearing seatbelts while in their seats.

Frightened flyers renew Boeing boycott after Singapore Airlines disaster flight where turbulence killed passenger and left others covered in blood | Daily Mail Online Public misperception continues...

Could have just repaint those jets in MASWings colour scheme 😁...

Also, I was shocked after knowing that until few years ago Dubai didn't have extensive sewerage pipelines. Meaning that all those human wastes were transported by trucks to designated treatment plants. There was a video that was showing sewage trucks lined up the highway in the outskirts of Dubai. It was claimed that Burj Khalifa didn't even have the sewerage pipeline installed.

Can't be that MSA split alone that many years ago cause recent MH's predicament - his statement seems like a lame excuse. A lot of things happened since then (especially involving decision making parts) that have turn MH into what it is today. If SQ isn't managed well, it would not be as successful as it is today.