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You make some valid points but one or two things I feel you are out of line on.
You mention that Rossair, as a South African, company went out of bussiness as a result of poor maintenance standards and subsequently a senior ex Rossair engineer is now the senior engineer at Cemair.
Firstly after looking at your profile one can assume that you work/fly for Zimex, of Geneva and so, would have a vested interest in the elimination of SA operators from your company's sphere of influence and as such subsequently be biased in your opinion of SA operators.
Just so that you know, Rossair was able to undercut your company's and others rates mainly as a result of currency disparities prevalent at the time thereby winning tenders over company's who worked from stronger currency bases.
Rossair went out of business as a result of poor fiscal management not , as you suggest, poor aircraft maintenance standards. As I recall Rossair had greater than 99 percent dispatch reliability for their clients in Algeria (which were also your clients) and passed the infield client maintenance audits.
Admittedly, Zimex probably has the highest DHC 6 maintenance standards in the world, Swiss precision, and all that, but that does not mean that SA operators are by default, all poorly maintained.
Your inferance, that the crash under discussion on this thread was caused by poor maintenance , because the Cemair Chief Engineer used to work for Rossair is ridiculous and unsubstanciated.
