Hmmmm... Very interesting. I've paxed quite a bit with MAS--mostly PER-KUL-SIN etc, but also on their World Airways (wet lease) service KL to Johannesburg/Cape Town/Buenos Aires and rtn and I've always enjoyed the service and the flights/aircraft handling etc. Was this only because the tech crews had uneventful flights then? Apart from the World Airways contract (this was in '95/'96 - is it still operating?), I think MAS had a few expat pilots. I've read the above - why do some of you consider MAS to be something of a liability?
Here's something else. It wasn't such a bad flight, but for some reason a Biman Bangladesh experience--Jessore-Dhaka--made me a bit nervous once. Was it the oil leaking from the Port engine nacelle of the ancient F27 (can an F27 be 'ancient'?), or the airforce officer standing on the ramp holding a "ghetto-blaster" in one hand and a microphone in the other as we taxied (was he taping a soundtrack for their training simulator?), or was it my seating companion--a young Bangladeshi Airforce pilot--who refused to confirm whether or not the aircraft I could see lined up across the field were Nanchang CJ-6A's, DID allow that he flew the Mig-25, and DIDN'T know what a C172 was? I don't know. At any rate I was relieved when the short hop was completed.