Well, I guess we are speaking English for the benefit of the rest of the Nordic countries. (Iceland and Finland)
Roger on the cheap crews in Cathay.
Although it sure sounds like an extreme example that yer 250 hour bud was running the sim as the MD 80 guy was behind.
On the other hand, one gets what one pays for...
As for flying safety and screening:
Well, Southwest has an impressive safety record considering the number of sectors they
fly. To qualify for a pilots job there ya just tell a few stories about your past and how ya helped little old ladies across the street...No advanced aptitude testing and such. And ya also need to hold a B-737 capts type-rating. And 1000 hours pic on turbine equipment.
As for SAS's accident record, glad to hear they are up around the top. Especially considering the winter weather up and down the Norwegain coast.
As far as I remember, the only 2 airlines in the world that never had an accident was Quantas and Southwest. That changed a year or 2 ago when both companies ran of the runway.
It is just a matter of time, it will happen to everybody as long as there is the human element involved.
No, don't know yer French buddy over at AA.
As for IQ testing and such in the US.
The actual IQ tests were out-lawed in 1978 so nobody would be discriminated against if they were not, uh, the brightest.
Instead of IQ tests, the various corporations
started asking for college degrees, as it was known that college graduates usually had a higher IQ and made better and more productive employees.
Now it seems that the official word on the kind of aptitude/IQ tests companies like AA gives the applicants is that it can see the future and predict if you will have a mental disease later in life. (Stroke or seizure I guess.)
Perhaps a way to circumwent the law??
So how is life in Cathay? The new airport working out okay?
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