CAAP itself is in a turmoil....in the middle of all that some so called "inspector" created a ruckus that the MPL grads do not have an IR rating! so how can they fly A320s!
Poor fellow did not realize that the MPL grads have been flying IFR all the way from their core flying days....and that there is no separate IR rating as such for the MPL issue! The person in CAAP would have realized that if he had ever read the course content of MPL but alas…we are talking about CAAP!
EU blacklisted Philippines not because the airlines are unsafe but because the regulatory authority is manned by unqualified people who have no clue as to what to do.
The Airlines continue to suffer....
CAAP motto: DGs might come and DGs might go...but we go on forever...i.e, doing NOTHING other than creating unwanted trouble !