I wish to correct the impression I might have given that I thought the pilot of SQ29 was from up North.
In SQ's last incident at TPE the
PR dept was extremely quick to point out that the Captain was from up North, notwithstanding the fact that he had been trained by SQ right from cadet days to command of a 744. He had never flown for the airline up North and the only connection to the North was the passport he held.
I guess that the second incident occurred under the command of a local (read Singaporean) captain. Why else was the nationality of the Captain not mentioned?
It is very disheartening to find that Airlines are more than willing to point out nationalities when accidents occur. But to all sensible pilots maybe the omission of facts speaks more about this particlar airline than all the
PR hype.
