Most of the folks following this thread also are involved in aviation in Thailand. These folks are careful and skilled, and rightfully proud of those qualities that help keep themselves and their passengers safe, completely unlike Udom Tantiprasongchai, Phuket Air, PiratePete, Skystar and the DCA agents Vitichai, Phraphom, Chaisek and many others who encourage and support unsafe flight in and about Thailand,
IMO, the issue is: The traveling public has no way to know a safe from unsafe Thai-based carrier. In fact DCA oversight is so incompetent and corrupt, there is no standard to Thai carriers. Any particular flight could be safe or unsafe depending upon the crew for each particular flight or the safety values of the airline's management.
The public must be informed. And they are about to be....