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How’s Scoot doing by the way? It was a copycat of D7

On the ATR? It would take half a day just to complete a sector. Not sure whether it’s gonna be a popular route and in demand apart from during festive seasons and school holidays.

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Chek Lap Kok International Airport was opened almost at the same time as KLIA. I have been using the airport & train services since 2001 not less than 10 times / month. I could not recall at anytime at all the train services had broken down. May be Hongkies are more ‘gentle’ ? Coincident? Better brand / maker? Less mileage?...... etc.....etc..... I don’t know .....

2 biz class pax entitled to 2 chauffeur driven services if both pax are adults. Just book 2 cars & everyone hop on them. I bought 4 biz class tickets to USA from KUL, 3 adults & 1 kid, I was told that I am entitled for 3 hotel rooms in DXB and chauffeur services. I asked them to book 3 rooms although I don't really need it - just to make my money worth.

Sorry, my bad, it should read 13 x weekly instead of 6 x weekly.

Is MAS reducing frequency to 6 x a week to LHR in Oct 2017? Dummy booking showed MH 4 is not operating on tuesday (17 & 24 Oct). Likewise, MH 1 is not available on the same days. Any idea?

This pattern is called a "SPLIT DUTY" which is quite commonly being practiced around the world, be it day or night dutiy. It is approved by the respective regulators. If there is a break in between duties of 3 hours or more, the company will provide a 'suitable' accommodation and the "Flight Time Limitation" will be subjected to this clause of duty. Otherwise, a minimum of 12 hours rest or the length of the preceding duty, whichever is longer, will be given to both, the tech & cabin crew.

3 cabin crew for a B738/A320 operation is only legal if the operator lock one of the 4 main doors & limit the number of pax onboard as per MEL/DDG. It surely can't operate with more than 75% pax load. It is a regulatory requirement and cannot be waived by the operator.

It was 6 months for me when I flew on CX & CX codeshare with JAL (HKG-HND) on CX, HND-HNL on JAL, HNL-NRT on JAL, NRT-HKG on CX. I was using Enrich at that time and it took me several times visiting MAS office in KL Sentral to resolve the problem. CX was quite efficient but it was JAL who took 6 months to credit my miles.

Sold my 150k miles for a biz class KUL-LHR-KUL in Sept 2017. Did it 2 days ago. It is cheaper to pay penalty than buying more miles for the new scheme if we need to reschedule the trip.

The FLYGLOBAL I guess, proving flight as it is in the final stage of getting own AOC ( Air Operating Cert) from DCA. Once done, it will be doing mostly charter ops, targetting haj & umrah market. Perhaps, Eagle Express Mk 2 if you wish to say. Caveat: (At least that was what I heard from a toilet cleaner in KLIA a few weeks ago)

I agree, too many cynical and or sarcastic comments didn't help to paint the right picture and to know the truth. I am fully aware that most of the members here are not a pilot, thus their comments are more emotionally driven rather than factual basis. So far we are grateful that everyone is safe ...... Re : Zamim & Chris Tan with regard to slides deployment. In any airlines (at least in Malaysia or regulated by DCA Malaysia), the is no such thing as cost cutting measures when come to safety. Pax evacuation or disembarkation either by slides deployment or air stairs or aerobridges are CAPTAIN's or COMMANDER's decision, subjected to the nature of emergency and the urgency of deplaning the pax. In the case of fire in the cabin, certainly everyone must be evacuated ASAP (means all available exit doors/slides will be used) because that is the only sensible choice of decision. However, if there is no fire or toxid hazard in the cabin, it might be more hazardous or riskier for pax to rush to the doors and jump on the slides. It might be wise for the captain to plan for a "precautionary disembarkation". I wouldn't want to go into details of 'Safety & Emergency Procedures (SEP)' subject but suffice to say that most of the slides on modern aircraft are available for pax evacuation both on land & water at any attitude of the aeroplane. Last but not least, NONE OF US were in the cockpit at the time of the said accident. Thus we did not know exactly what happened, the communications between the cabin & cockpit, the flow of information, risk assesment, thought process, managing the crisis etc.... until the decision was made to evacuate the pax/crew. All I could say, the quality of our commanders of all airlines regulated by DCA Malaysia are well trained & above the average. Therefore, to pass your own judgement before the completion of the inquiry is injustice !!!

Pay & contract package is not as attractive as offered by Air Asia. Currently, Air Asia is the best paid airlines in Malaysia, at least for a Captain. If OD could offer something different, I am sure people will come running across the terminal.

CX's lounge - The Bridge is available for MAS GCCL pax. Not sure about Enrich Gold though.

When TF bought over AK with 2 jets with zero background in aviation business, many said in no time he would be running with only his boxer on. Likewise, when RK was looking for a partner to run OD, many also said he was committing suicide. She could be a woman who only sold beauty products but she wouldn't be where she is right now unless she must have done something right. I would like to give her a chance to prove herself in creating possibilities just like everyone else. All the best .....

UBER - Last promo was RM75 from anywhere in KL City to KLIA

AF447 came across my mind

Was not the contract approved when he was the PM? Was not MAS given to TR when he was in power? Was not all lobsided contract given when he was running the country? Was not the era of MAS downfall happened during his term? Those were a few examples. Talk is cheap ....

Based on the picture, it is configured for carrying passenger . As far as I know, DCA will not allow a single engine aeroplane to be used as a public transport unless it is under 'private' category.

Looking at Cikgu's pic, there is nothing serious about the incident and certainly does not require an immediate landing unless there are some other failures associated with the missing cowling. I am not familiar with ATR's technical aspect but I guessed there is no indication in the cockpit to alert the pilot about the missing cowling. It is purely up to the pax who noticed it to inform cabin crew who in turn will inform the pilot.

I am not sure whether this link was published here but certainly an interesting reading, http://malaysiaairlinesfamilies.wordpress.com/is-maureen-baginski-behind-the-missing-mh370/

I don't know about the rest but I booked my MH flights 330 days before departure especially during school holidays and long break such as raya and CNY. Always get the cheapest promo fares and ain't worry about not getting to destination on the planned dates.

Bro, It is called SUBLOAD but is written on the ticket as SUBLO, hence the name. Please tell me how an airline will lose the business by carrying staff and family based on subject to load basis? As mentioned by another member here, it is a standard industry practice around the globe and cross agreement between airlines is norm. If MH is the only one practices that, then it is quite obvious. However, if the entire universe practices that, how wrong could that be? Even Air Asia gives away 10 free coupons on FIRM basis to each employee and unlimited ID90 to its employee and immediate family. I do not work for airlines 'A' but I do enjoy UNLIMITED travel on airlines 'A' on SUBLO tickets as my employer have a mutual agreement with 'A'. Likewise, airline 'A' employee and family would enjoy the same benefits when traveling with us. If this arrangement could cause us bleed to death, I am sure our accountants are sane enough to terminate the agreement immediately.

If you are aware of that, SUBLO tickets ain't got nothing to do with the losses. It is a standby basis and and the airplane still flies with a few empty seats anyway. So how could it incurs losses? Please let me explain what is SUBLO. It is a short form of 'Subject to Load', it means commercial pax has higher priority than staff to be accepted for the flight. If the flight is SOLD OUT, it means there is no chance for SUBLO ticket holder to be accepted. However, average industry standard annually worldwide is between 75-85% load factor. Therefore, the chances are, there would be spaces (seats) available for the staff to travel, albeit on standby basis. So, rather than keep the empty seats empty, why not fill them up with staff and family at discounted fares? Employees would be happy and the company does not lose anything. Therefore, I could not understand your argument.