Khaled

Finally completed the paint job. Waiting for liberty...hehe

Flight simulation has gone far more then u think.

You guys nightstop in Kuala Terengganu is it? I saw 3 Diamond Under the small hangar yesterday n today. Must be a bad month for Navex, been raining all day.

Welcome Afiq! hehe...With all the automation still a lot of work on the airbus...unschedule at Hong Kong?syiok!

I've been wearing spectacles since high school. The down side is you have to carry extra pair for flights. That's all.

Bro, when you go for an interview, whatever that is not right with the company, never ever point it out. I've seen some real life example. Keep on pretending UNTIL you are in the system.

thanks for sharing! Sad to say another 288million wasted on the JB-Sin bridge. Could have given 3 more Malaysian free ride to space.haha...

SZB-BKI nonstop 4hrs 30 mins. They have to fly down via Singapore and Kuching then to BKI. Unless they update the aircraft with IRS.

Haha...i hope too...going to miss the old building....a lot of sweet memory...

Clearance given while reading newspaper?

Pretty sure they spot the problem at 80kts callout. Then both looking inside to sort out the problem. until they finally decided to look outside again.

Private candidate still have to do MISPA before joining MAS. SPM result also taken into account.

I flew with him 3 weeks back. Had 3 hours transit in Penang and he blanja me nasi goreng. Had a good conversation about company and other stuff. Definitely going to miss flying with him. A very good captain. Really looking forward to flying with him again... but now he's gone... Condolence to the family...

Doesn't matter how much you pay for the ticket, you should be treated as a paying customer. If we accept the way they treat us because of cheap fares, we are telling them it's fine to continue doing so. We are the customers, we provide them with business. As for the 'angry guy', he has every right to get angry doesn't matter what was the cause of the delay. TF could have answered him politely Don't expect average guy to understand about MAB, rain, single runway ops, technical or what ever it may be.

another misconception when u walk at the terminal Small boy: "Mak!, polis!polis!"

Saw him once only during my stay at RSFC. How nice last time can do some mission with PPL. Bullet thru the wing?no thanx...

I spot from cockpit and BKI only la Damian...I got safety flight also end of this month nightstop jakarta....yeehaa..!hehe Sanjay, no matter how you are used to Mesti Ada Saudara. Knowing it from outside is different from living in it. What is important now is to study hard because from now till u operational as airline pilot, the learning curve is very steep. Guys, there are a lot of ways to become a pilot. Don't wait for cadetship only. Go private like me. hehe... My path:- Flying Club-->MFA-->Mana Ada Saudara ... Even better now don't have to pay cadet bond...haha

Agreed with Damian here... Until now almost 90% of the people I fly with asked me "Your father capt ke?" Once again, welcome to MAS! nice meeting u Damian the other day!

"They do" at a cost of 35 hours twin engine which probably around RM1700/hr. "A few" papers meaning DCAT, ATPL, AIRLAW etc...

See...that's why I don't like raked wingtips...too long!kidding...haha Normally what kind of punishment do the pilots looking at in this kind of accident?

Haha...If only it's as easy as take back what u already give.. Seems like the government already give an order to MAS. CKC should fly onboard FAX to improved public confidence. That's the best solution. no need DCA to check. Anyway, at least other modes of transportation now getting some boost in business! make money while u can!

That sounds like KLIA during heavy traffic with single runway ops. I came across a guy onboard who complained for flight delay because they have connecting flt which is supposedly takeoff about 40 minutes after actual arrival of our flt. 40 minutes buffer?? somemore its different airline. Guess what, our flt were delayed for 40 minutes. buffer gone.

Good news, received from The Star sms alert, Nuri will be grounded! Bad news, In 3 years time. To me doesn't matter if u upgrade the system. Nuri is too old to be flying. Why don't we buy DC3 with extended fuel tanks comes with custom glass cockpit for the government. Then i might change my opinion on Nuri.

By ALAN CLENDENNING, Associated Press Writer 36 minutes ago SAO PAULO, Brazil - A passenger jet crashed and burst into flames after skidding off a runway at Brazil's busiest airport Tuesday and barreling across a highway, officials said. All 176 people on board were feared dead in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster, and at least 15 were killed on the ground. The death toll officially stood at 40 after the crash of the Airbus-320 owned by TAM airlines, but that number was expected to rise sharply as rescue workers, forensic experts and doctors scoured the wreckage in South America's largest city. The crash — Brazil's second major disaster in less than a year — happened in a driving rain on a runway at Congonhas airport that had been criticized in the past for being too short. The TAM Airlines jet slammed into a gas station and a building owned by the airline, said Jose Leonardi Mota, a spokesman with airport authority Infraero. Authorities announced early Wednesday that they had recovered 25 charred bodies from what was left of the plane and that 15 people who were on the ground either died at the scene or in hospitals. Ten more people on ground were injured and hospitalized, according to a Sao Paulo state public safety media official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of department policy. TV footage showed flames and clouds of black smoke billowing into the air after the crash. "I was told that the temperature inside the plane was 1,000 degrees (Celsius), so the chances of there being any survivors are practically nil," Sao Paulo State Gov. Jose Serra told reporters at the airport. That temperature in Celsius is equivalent to about 1,830 degrees Fahrenheit. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva declared three days of national morning for the victims, and presidential spokesman Marcelo Baumbach told reporters late Tuesday that no death toll or cause would be immediately released because it was premature to do so. "His worries now are with the victims and the relatives of the victims. That is main concern," Baumbach said, referring to Lula. The crash highlights the country's increasing aviation woes. In September, a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided with an executive jet over the Amazon rainforest, causing the passenger jet to crash, killing 154 people. Since then, there have been questions about the country's underfunded air traffic control systems, deficient radar system and the airlines' ability to cope with a surge in travelers. Controllers — concerned about being made scapegoats — have engaged in strikes and work slowdowns to raise safety concerns, causing lengthy delays and cancelations. TAM Airlines said there were 176 people on board the Airbus-320 that crashed — 170 passengers and six crew members. A Brazilian congressman was among those on the flight, his aide said. TAM worker Elias Rodrigues Jesus, walking near the site just as the crash happened, told The Associated Press that the jet exploded in between the gas station and a warehouse owned by TAM. "All of a sudden I heard a loud explosion, and the ground beneath my feet shook," Jesus said. "I looked up and I saw a huge ball of fire, and then I smelled the stench of kerosene and sulfur." TAM Linhas Aereas flight 3054 was en route to Sao Paulo from the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre when the crash occurred upon landing, TAM said in a statement. Distraught relatives of passengers crowded TAM's check-in counters in Porto Alegre, complaining hours after the crash that the airline had not released a passenger list, Globo TV reported. Lamir Buzzanelli said his 41-year-old son, Claudemir, had called him from Porto Alegre saying he was in the plane just before it took off. "I'm still waiting for the official list to come out, but my hopes are not too high because I've been calling him on his cell phone, and all I get is his voice mail," Buzzanelli said, his eyes tearing up. Critics have said for years that such an accident was possible at the airport because its runway is too short for large planes landing in rainy weather. Two planes had slipped off the runway in rainy weather on Monday, but no one was injured in either incident. In 1996, a TAM Airlines Fokker-100 skidded off the runway at the airport and down a street before erupting in a fireball. The crash killed all 96 people on board and three on the ground. A federal court in February briefly banned takeoffs and landings of large jets because of safety concerns at the airport, which handles huge volumes of flights for the massive domestic Brazilian air travel market. But an appeals court overruled the ban, saying it was too harsh because it would have severe economic ramifications and that there were not enough safety concerns to prevent the planes from landing and taking off at the airport. After the September airliner crash, a Brazilian judge indicted four flight controllers and the smaller jet's two U.S. pilots on the equivalent of manslaughter charges, but the defendants point to other problems — from holes in radar coverage to the inability of some Brazilian controllers to clearly speak English, the language of international aviation. Travelers angry over excessive delays and cancellations in recent months have stormed airline check-in counters and runways in Brazil, and fist fights have broken out in waiting areas. ___

Reminds me of high school debate... cant wait to see cannibalized A330...