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Old 13th Mar 2018, 11:47
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Originally Posted by Piltdown Man
If this was a joint US-Bangladesh operation I’d want assurances that the US side had ensured beyond all reasonable doubt that there would not be a smoking hole in the ground. How? The US had literally thousands of well qualified trainers who could advise the US side as to the competence of the pilot workforce of this operation and if not, bring them them up to standard. I do hope this worthwhile step was performed.

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The US connection is tangential at best. The airline has no US routes, and although it is technically a US-Bangladesh joint venture, the US office is registered at 'Bangladesh Plaza, Jackson Heights, Queens'. Deduce from that what you will - what I deduce is that all the backers are Bangladeshi nationals - some of whom live in the US; and that the 'US' bit of 'US-Bangla' is to give the impression to gullible potential pax that the airline is a US entity.

In a bitter irony, the company's strap-line is 'Fly Fast, Fly Safe'....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-Bangla_Airlines
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