non-scary Indonesian carrier?

[gbour]

There are news that Indonesian carrier MANDALA (of Medan crash fame) has reorganized, passed audits and is now SAFE. (Sample press clip below.)

True? PK-KAR & other experts, pls comment

Against the backdrop of EU wanrning on aviation safety in Indonesia, Indonesian carrier Mandala has committed itself to taking a lead role in demonstrating that national carriers can offer the highest standards of safety practice. To this end, Mandala has now completed the rigorous IOSA (International Operational Safety Audit) conducted through the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as well as audits from Airbus Industries, Boeing and a number of oil and gas companies that have nominated the airlines as their "preferred supplier."

[Sam Bee]

I saw that as well, but wouldn't take the source as definitive -

Bali News: Dead Serious About Safety (http://www.balidiscovery.com/messages/message.asp?Id=4817)

However, having flown PDG-CGK on Mandala the day before the alleged 'Durian overload' incident it's good to see someone seemingly taking Indo aviation safety seriously, and without any paranoid references to the EU.

I'm sure PK-KAR has the inside track.

[tbavprof]

Garuda has also passed their IOSA.

[merlinxx]

Well there are some folks at Mandala who have worked bloody hard to turn around some negative situations. They've been around along time and I hope they grow and
prosper.:ok:

[Elohssanaig]

Management of safety in the Indonesian aviation system is a faculty that is still not practiced in 2008 as the Indonesian authorities lack the political will and understanding that a root cause of accidents is the lack of implementation and diligent enforcement of the global regulatory framework established by the Convention on International Civil Aviation and the Standards and Recommended Practices, contained in the 18 Annexes to the Convention.

At the Strategic Aviation Safety Summit on 2 July 2007 in Denpasar, ICAO and the lndonesian government signed a “groundbreaking” declaration whereby Indonesia committed itself to prompt and wide-ranging action for improving the safety of its civil aviation system including the implementation of safety management systems at airlines, airports and air navigation services’ providers.

As we speak, these “prompt” corrective actions detected by ICAO and by the European Commission to address safety deficiencies, e.g. an efficient oversight programme on all airlines, airports and providers of air navigation services under the Indonesian authorities’ regulatory control are yet to be implemented.

All we can wait for is the formal ICAO assessment of the safety deficiencies in Q4/2008 and………the next air disaster:ugh: