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  1. Media statement by MAB comm:

     

    Malaysia Airlines flight MH128 of 31 May from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur was forced to turn back to Melbourne due to a disruptive passenger.

     

    MH128 departed Melbourne Airport at 11.11pm and was to arrive Kuala Lumpur at 5.28am on 1 June made a turn back to Melbourne after the operating Captain was alerted by a cabin crew of a passenger attempting to enter the cockpit.

     

    Safety and security is of Malaysia Airline's utmost priority.

     

    MH128 safely landed in Melbourne Airport at 11.41pm. The airline is currently on the remote bay and waiting for security assistance to arrive to the aircraft.


  2. 333 replace dugongs to do MED. something bout runaway maintenance, dugongs not allowed to land at MED. Not in d notam though.

    Yes MED's runway restriction for A380 due to WIP, but is okay now

    Swap with Aussie sectors as MH needed 2 A330s for one MED run and to suit the schedules for MEL and SYD


  3. I think MH is taking cost cutting to unacceptable levels. They were only willing to deploy 2 slides for the evacuation! What kind of airline is this?

    Only two forward slides were deployed because the two rear slides were considered unsafe and unusable when nose landing gear had collapsed as it affected the body of the aircraft. If deployed the slides would be hanging.

    WBGS 081600Z 12001KT 9999 -RA FEW005 SCT018 OVC150 24/23 Q1010

    WBGS 081500Z 10002KT 7000 RA FEW005 SCT018 OVC150 24/23 Q1011

    WBGS 081400Z 32002KT 6000 RA FEW005 SCT018 OVC150 25/24 Q1011

    WBGS 081300Z 22002KT 9999 -RA SCT018 BKN150 27/25 Q1009

    WBGS 081200Z 34003KT 9999 SCT018 BKN150 27/24 Q1008

    WBGS 081100Z 24002KT 9999 FEW015CB BKN150 27/25 Q1007

     

    The rain was not heavy and visibility also above MH requirement and the wind was also almost calm, so there was no reason to delay the approach and landing


  4. MAB CEO Peter Bellew seemed to be an open-minded person and I believe he is willing to listen to any suggestions from public on how to make MAB better.

    So, why not Malaysiawings organise a meeting with him and all members could say whatever you all have been saying in this forum to him directly.


  5. I've also noticed the reduction in crew. Was on J on flight to Yangon recently with around 7 in J. 1 crew served us while the other crew in J assisted the 2 in Y class which was full.

     

    Spoke to the cabin crew and they themselves find this thing and they hope that none of the crew is ill and unfit during their flight.

     

    Apparently there were time where one crew was ill and Y class had only one cabin crew for the return flight.

     

    Hope MAS take note of this which can be a safety issue.

     

    It is not about safety issue as 4 cabin crew meets the legal requirement but more of service and standard issue


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    So HNL was a stop on the way back. Was that a technical stop or MH wanted to pick up extra (Japanese) pax.

     

     

    Was it due to load that KUL-AKL was stopped and became KUL-BNE-AKL? I took SQ on my first ever trip from Malaysia to New Zealand. SQ was using 747-212B and 747-312 back then.

     

    1. HNL was a tech-stop

    2. MH had a traffic right to carry pax from BNE-AKL vv then


  7. Kuala Lumpur - Auckland should be:

     

    Kuala Lumpur - Brisbane - Auckland on a DC10. The DC-10-30 may not have enough range to cover a 11 hours flight direct to AKL.

     

    How do I know? I was a frequent traveler of this route on MH's DC-10 back then

    No problem operating KUL-AKL vv non-stop as I used to fly this route. After awhile it was changed to KUL-BNE-AKL vv.

    The best era to be a crew, if you like to travel.

     

    The frequencies are low, so the nightstops are longer. The airline was relatively small, so you know most of the crew. National prestige takes precedence over profit and loss, and being a crew was surely a glamorous job back then.

     

    Radzi, not only we knew the crew and we were very close. On certain routes we would be together for a week e.g. KUL-AKL vv or 20 days when we used to operate KUL-NRT-LAX-HNL-NRT-KUL.


  8. When the BMW E60 (2004 5 Series) first came out and it was up against the Mercedes W211 (2002 E Class), I used to think the BMW was ugly and that Mercedes had a winner.

     

    Now in 2016, when I see both cars side by side, I find the W211 looking outdated while the E60 still holds well and is still quite good looking.

     

    Who knows what will be the case for the A350 few years down the road? *shrugs*

     

    Do the operators really care on the beauty of an airplane? I think passengers are more interested in the interior than the external look.


  9. Talk about cabin crew's uniform change had started even before Khazanah stepped in but AJ couldn't carry it out as MAS just didn't have the fund and was bleeding badly. However, the pilots did get the new uniform, most probably due to lower cost as there were only about 1300 pilots as compared to almost 5000 cabin crew excluding the ground staff.


  10. To me to run an airline business the CEO should emphasis what the industry wants not what Khazanah wants. Political involvement is one issue but MAB just does not have funds to do much. Bear in mind MAB has to pay back the RM6 billion spent of restructuring or dismantling of MAS.

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