Regarding Turkish Aviation Culture....
First of all my deep sympathies for all concerned.
As long as we see ex military pilots who have problems in adapting to civil aviation combined with crooks running disorganized and unsafe airlines in this country, we will continue to experience such sad accidents.
The problem is not that these guys do not know how to fly, on the contrary. It is their mentality.Turkey boasts some of the worst safety records in the western world.
With the exception of the DC-10 crash in Paris (1970s) every tragedy has been the result of human error, or better said mentality error. Despite all that over the years Turkey has made considerable progress in civil aviation even becoming a JAA member state. However they still have some potential criminals in their airline industry which need to be cleaned out. It is high time the Turkish CAA and the JAA take strong action against these.
