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Old 11th May 2010, 12:23
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Fuzzy Lager
 
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Keep Away

SAS/CTK really is very bad news indeed. There safety standards are poor even by west African standards, flying B190's into 900m strips and the like. The sad thing is they know so little about the rules they don't even know what they are doing wrong.

The maintenance is hopeless. They are so cash strapped that they can't do anything properly. Work that hasn't been done gets signed out, A/C have snags. Not good.

Many of the crew are very low time and they are probably the only operator that will take a co pilot with a fresh comm. They take guys that are desperate so they pay almost nothing and the guys are still willing to do about anything to rack up the hours and move on. Again, mostly the guys don't know the rules so they have no idea how completely illegal the operation is.

The irony is that they do whatever they want but have oh so much to say about anyone elses operation. They bad mouth people they have never met, and of course those they have. The management are filled with poison, not nice people to know.

Hopefully lady luck will continue to smile on them so nobody gets hurt. Certainly isn't enough skill to rely on.
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