It might be a bit harsh but why take the risk????
How many times do we have to see this?
There have been numerous incidents of this type in the last 18 months particularly in Asia (Admittedly during the rainy season).
You only have to look at the ACA posting about crew running out of hours and burning precious fuel by diverting! But at least they had the sense to do rather than destroy the aircraft, put passengers lives at risk!
Aren't the regulatory bodies putting pressure on to the individual operators to prevent them pressurising crew's to meet their schedules for the sake of a drop of fuel etc.
Bit like flying on for a couple of hours on one engine over a big pond from a remote island rather than dumping fuel and turning back or worse flying on in the same situation after a bird strike with unknown damage to airframe and adjacent engines!
And that captain knows who he is! After 35 yrs in the industry of looking at and assessing the damage from these sorts of incidents I wouldn't like to fly with him if he prepared to take un-necessary risks like that or anyone else for that matter.
It’s about time the industry woke up to all the short cutting/Cost cutting going on.
Yes we know the industry is hurting but in most cases the operators are not helping there selves.
This is why passengers along with the high cost of travelling on some routes lack of flights, over crowding, poor service, poor seat space, luggage allowances, safety issues, security etc....
Passengers are just staying at home!!!!
I know the family home abroad has been suffering in terms of rental because of some of these issues..... Customers have told us!!!!!
WAKE UP!!!!!!!!
