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Azman MN

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  1. I was on 9V-SKA again recently and looking at the wear and tear... and realized that the plane is already 7 years old. Knowing SQ's love of a young fleet and it won't be long before this one turns 10, I was wondering if there is already talk about what they plan to do with their "older" A380s?
  2. Difficult for courts to decide this. Two consenting adults meet on the plane. They hook up, he thought he had a fling. But she didn't think so. Different countries have different ways of looking at this. France... remember Dominic Strauss Kahn. Big issue in the NY case, but his other case in France, the girl didn't get enough support... point is that it is already hard for her to prove, it becomes quite subjective. But MAS should really discipline someone who was fooling around while on duty, even if the girl fully consented.
  3. Noticed on my last SQ flight last week that ZRH is now back to A380 with economy class on upper deck. Maybe they could not fill up the business seats?
  4. Yeah, but that is the problem. Who decides? You think Iran is nice to Malaysia.... But then they see that it is a Boeing! And what about unintentional shooting?
  5. Swiss/Lufthansa - same problem since a couple of years ago. You need to buy the most expensive tickets. But sometimes with a weird result - A full fare Y will earn you more miles than a discounted C, even though the Y is still less than half the price.
  6. Easy explanation: In a number of these countries, you have to pass the English exam in order to get your high school cert. It is compulsory. In our education system, it is not.
  7. Except that emirates also had multiple flights per day over Ukraine in the 7 days preceding the shooting. In any case, given that there were 800 flights over Ukraine in that week by many airlines, European, Asian, premium, budget, surely airlines should not be allowed to make this decision. Air traffic control should do a better job of controlling.
  8. Clearly, you can't leave it to airlines to decide such things who inevitably will take the shortest route. Eurocontrol and whoever is in charge should play a stronger role.
  9. Being a corporate guest, I am not sure if I can behave like an excited kid in a candy store and bring along my full DSLR-kit with white lens.... have to decide tonight what I am going to bring along...
  10. In ZRH, if you take a train to he airport, or park in 2 of the 3 main carparks, you also have to walk through a shopping mall before check-in, and again after security. But of course , Swiss shopping malls are never as big as Asian ones.
  11. actually if you read carefully, the WSJ report is about the distance including bus, train, other transport, and not about walking distance only. That's why you see Zurich high on the list (because there is a train between check in and the gate) even though the walking distance is much shorter compared to changi ( no train). As a foreigner transiting through, I would hate having to change money only to get RM2. Hope they can simply swipe their credit card. Otherwise, the process of selling the ticket (producing the paper, having extra machines, maintaining the machines) is more expensive than RM2 per passenger. They should provide specific space along the highway to KLIA1 & 2 for "SMS waiting area". Certainly plenty of space for that as you curve around the car parks before the KLIA1 arrival area for cars to park and wait for the text message from arrival passengers saying they are ready to be picked up. Knowing Malaysia, it is also the perfect opportunity to open a teh tarik stall. I notice that almost all US airport I fly though these days have these specific SMS waiting zones.
  12. Ok, contradictory statement from you. Did western media bash them or did they only comment on the emotional roller coaster ride? I agree Malaysian govt.'s handling is not impressive. If you read western media though, you will see that most are more balanced and say that in this unprecedented situation, no one can expect a perfect response from any county. You posted links to news which came from the first few days when confusion ruled. After 2 weeks now, most can see that this situation, where a plane went missing without a trace, has never happened before. With all due respect to the families who have lost their loved ones, I still think they should be mindful about the thousands of people who are putting their lives at risk in the SAR operation when they bash. Submarine? I don't understand. Wayang Kulit - again, I don't see how they can now hide anything with so many countries involved.
  13. I've been reading / watching CNN and BBC from day 1 . They did very little bashing themselves, but did report of others' bashing. If you read the comments section in the reports of the bashing these days, you will see that people worldwide are getting really pissed off about the Chinese right now - only bashing but totally ungrateful that many countries are putting many many more people at risk in the SAR operation. The Chinese are not putting themselves in good light. And how would it be possible to have a wayang kulit with so many countries and agencies involved?
  14. I never defend Najib, but in this case, the info was given to him by AAIB. If AAIB gave the info to Cameron, what would he do? The info is incomplete because it is in the hands of Inmarsat and AAIB ( who has put their reputation at stake), not sure where it is contradictory, how is it untimely ( too early? But so far they have been accused of being too slow in giving info. Or are they too late? But Inmarsat themselves figured this out just now) and inconclusive - can there be any other conclusion? The plane was out of fuel miles away from any airport in the worst sea condition imaginable.
  15. If I recall correctly, the French PM made a similar announcement for AF447. Only one day after the disappearance. Simple - the plane did't land anywhere , so it must be in the water. It avoided leaving the family in limbo for a few days - it was a good call then, and giving the family some sort of closure is a good call.
  16. As I have posted before, my blonde colleague got invited to sit in the cockpit on our Swiss flight. It wasn't her first time...
  17. Went thru KLIA security last night, no one looking at the X-ray monitor properly, all chatting. WTF? KLIA is the only airport I fly through these days where there is double security checks, and it is the only one which I feel that is most useless.
  18. Could the 1.30am vs 2.30am be the difference between the time they lost the aircraft and the time Malaysia Airlines was informed? Why is China complaining? They took 4 days to send the satelite photo and then they backtracked and said that it is a mistake. And hasn't RR now confirmed that they did not get any signal after 1.07am?
  19. In the case of AF447, the plane took a few minutes to fall into the sea after first registering the problem. Even though things started to look bleak, the crew did not issue a distress call. Reading the transcript, it didn't seem like it even crossed their mind. I wonder if is the same here. Confusion and then it was too late.
  20. Smoking in MH cockpit is quite common. Inviting blonde girls to the cockpit is also not unusual - one of my colleagues once told me that she got invited up to the cockpit a few times already - I did not believe her with all the security and all that, but once I traveled with her and then it happened, the captain spoke to her while in the pax lounge and then a steward came to fetch her before pushback... It was on one of the major European carriers...
  21. Not sure what they want to know when there is no info available. Gigantic search and rescue operation and no one found anything yet, so what do they want? Even the air France a330 was found only after 5 days. Btw, it is not unusual at all to see Asians holding European passport. Malaysia may be proud of its multi racial heritage a long time ago, but these days malaysias racial politics is shameful compared to many European countries which grant full citizenship rights to whatever colour.
  22. Not looking good. CEO already using past tense to describe pilots. My thought and prayers are with all who affected.
  23. got to be daily. People have various reasons to want to travel on one day and return on another day. School holidays, work commitments, etc. For me a route would only work if you have minimum of 5 weekly. Less than that, you will lose to competition even if the competition is more expensive.
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