Just ask some of the westerners with Orex Air cargo out of IST with the 747.
One Captain was fired for having the aircraft de-iced.
Several others were fired for asking for their pay after it was 2 months late.
They seem to have there own little world there with aviation.
Problem is that its does not comply with the way the rest of us are required to operate.
Maybe Turkish airlines is the best of the rest, but still something is wrong there.
http://www.pprune.org/freight-dogs/3...x-cargo-2.html
I do know some of these guys, everything posted is how most of the operations work there.
If you don't fly against the MEL or bust FDT limitations you can go home.
But this is Turkey!!!!!
If you can get away with something you are not considered to be wrong, just clever!