Originally Posted by
batushka
New incident just yesterday
Exact the same conditions, Riga airport, wind 6 kt, airbaltic A220 runway excursion
On the first incident it was full right rudder by 60 kts
I don't know the details for the second runway excursion but it must be something similar
Also for the hard landing in Amsterdam where the aircraft went under maintenance before fly again
Airbaltic dismissed 3 years ago real dedicated and experienced professional Commanders sometimes officially based on performance assessment and seniority criterias (and later offered them maybe to return as FOs)))) and saved other unprofessional Commanders protected by Seniority and good relationship with Gerhard, Chris and Vincent.
Some F/O who were dismissed on 2020 were failed on rehiring assessment last year although rated on A220
In their position hired some Finnish flight instructors with experience only on piston aircrafts
They can't see that they have hard time to properly train pilots with no experience on jet aircrafts
It was safer to hire or upgrade ''friends'' in Q400 era, it obviously doesn't work with the A220