It's irrelevant. Orient Thai - including but not limited to One-Two-Go - had the AOC revoked for the MD-80s. See
the DCA order. Neither Orient Thai nor One-Two-Go can legally fly those airplanes.
I'll make two quick forecasts here:
- The DCA will suddenly announce the Orient Thai had been given back their AOC before these flights (about 2 weeks ago.) Trouble is, that will contradict an interview Witichai gave to the Bangkok post on Oct 15. So they'll have to come up with a more creative creation.
- Eventually, all blame for the crash will be put on Cho Ting Tsang. He's the American. He can be cut lose. You can see that happening in the interview above where foreigners are blamed. Eventually, Udom and Witichai will make a move to try to pin the entire blame on Cho.
Christy: Cho is naturalized American. He worked for Orient Thai/One-Two-Go in the US and in Thailand, traveling between the countries.