If this incident brings rogue operators under closer scrutiny, where I am sure the travelling public will get a few surprises, then those 148 people would not have died in vain.
Unfortunately, I don't think it will happen as these air cowboys always find a way round regulations and sadly, passengers are often blinded by the low fare hype...
"You get what you pay for..." is as valid here as in anything else in this world...
As an example, Flash Airlines are still claiming a safe operation with pictures of smiling crew who may now not be longer with us on their website, while the Austrian Airlines website already has an auto pop-up window with a short description of the incident they had this morning at Munich with a contact number for relatives.
My company also spent a lot of resources on an Emergency Response Centre which hopefully we will never use. I would like to know if the Authorities enforce this requirement (and financial burden) on these rogue airlines as well...
Last edited by 320DRIVER; 5th Jan 2004 at 17:58.