Sub-standard Airline
Censure, reprimand and suspension.... ah gotta love P.A.L !!!! Is there any kind of recurrency training? Or just a slap on the wrist for bending the plane? Any kind of CRM training that could prevents accidents from happening again or a new safety system to stem future problems? If the answer is NO... suspension will be as usefull as f...king a prostitute with syphilis. DR. PS is in the house and his prognosis is :The STD is in boys and girls and it aint going away anytime soon!
To all you sycophants that admire Ian for taking full responsiblity, that is only part of the problem at PAL. Ian fessed up, but what are the final outcomes of these runway incursions?
Real airlines have safety systems and CRM programs that are more than just a 1 day course at PLC or a tick in the box in your training file! Its an entire culture that promotes safety above everything. Passengers lives and the aircraft/property are more important that people's reputations and feelings. Being safe means that you will make a report even if you are friends with the captain or first officer or even if you will be persecuted for it when you get to Gate 1. Because reporting an incident even if it is trivial, allows others in similar situtations to learn from your mistakes. Ian's mistake is probably ONE of hundreds that haven't been reported. Unfortunately for Ian there is a bent airplane to expose the incident and unfortunately for safety at PAL many more will be hidden before someone dies. The promotion and encouragement of a Safety CULTURE is going to be hard for PAL due to traditions and culture. Safety will always be secondary.
PAL is truly a sub-standard airline. I KNOW THIS FOR FACT! No appologies here, until PAL changes!
Last edited by planestupid; 26th Sep 2008 at 08:30.