Macau Daily Times - Aviation authority receives report from Air Macau
Aviation authority receives report from Air Macau The Macau Civil Aviation Authority (AACM) have received a report from Air Macau into the incident that got Brazilian Captain Neto suspended from flying for refusing to fly with a safety inspector from the authoriy.
A spokesperson from the authority yesterday told the Macau Daily Times that on July 3 AACM had sent a letter to Captain Neto “attaching the relevant occurrence report and requested him to either come to our [AACM] office for an interview or write to us [the authority] within the next 15 days from the date of the letter to proceed with the inquiry.”
As reported earlier in the month, on July 1 the airline’s captain refused to fly with inspector Carlos Otao from AACM and as such had been suspended from flying while the authority conducts an inquiry into the matter.
A group of pilots on Sunday last week also held a dinner in solidarity for Captain Neto and also threatened to stop flying altogether should the civil aviation authority refuse to allow the Brazilian captain to resume his duties. However, after the dinner, pilots said they would not stop flying.
Since the SAR's flag carrier handed a report on the incident within the time frame allocated by the aviation authority, AACM is set to speak with witnesses present on the day in question, before completing their final report into the matter, the spokesperson added.