Well, just received calls today about more problems...
7 incidents/maintenance problem in 14 days with 5 aircraft...
Sounds like they'll grab the Indonesian Airline Golden Boot Award away from Lion for sure this year!
Let's see today... In true reflection of the ruthless pursuit to cut costs etc... PK-KKA (735) is remaining overnight in Singapore tonight because of Zero pax booked on the SIN-CGK portion... which will cause some interesting aircraft rotations tomorrow... But, definitely they are pursuing the "if ain't full we don't fly it" culture.
PK-KKZ autothrottle has been "misbehavin'" for the past 2 weeks, the so called "shake" or the "A/T yoyo" became so bad today that the pilots threw a fit and wouldn't fly it the next time they have the aircraft unless the problems are fixed. Adam's solution... "Cleaning and Bypassing" didn't solve the problem, but why the heck do they keep doing it? Send it to GA Maintenance for God's sake and pay another sum of money for a proper fix! The info-sender is worried that the problem may not be with the A/T system but the engine... worried about which plane is going to become the next smoking hole in the ground.
Regarding the burning off the 700kg... well, the Capt. probably only checked the TOW which was below the MTOW and signed it off without realizing that he already had the correct fuel and he ended up burning off 700kgs of his reserves and still took off illegally... The JFOO didn't specify where the extra 700kg was and these things get signed off just before doors closed in a probably already delayed situation.
Sounds stupid, well, in a stressful and conflicting environment like this, unintentional lapses of safety occurs... compounding the problem of inter-department conflict, thus a vicious circle. Who's to blame? *my finger's pointing at management*
PK-KAR