Flex,
it would seem that fdr is not making a statement on Africa, but more on the FAA, so there's no need to be defensive on Africa.
when the FAA and US govt black ban foreign countries for failure to comply with their SOFA standards, what hypocrisy is it to effectively say F*** O** when their aircraft blantantly disregard the standards of ICAO and the sovereign states that they are being allowed to operate into.
Likewise, i've lived and flown on the continent. Yes, it is a 'different' world, but that does not exclude anyone from operations that are past questionable and is not a cogent caveat.
Yes in Africa rules are 'bent' to make things work, but then when do you draw the line? overweight when hot and high; that's rule bending but one that can result in smoking scar on the landscape. Putting passengers into an aircraft when the pilot is not suitably rated in the aircraft?
The point that fdr is making is that aircraft is/was on the FAA register, no matter where it was being operated, it was under the FAA jurisdiction and such needs to be operated in accordance with such.
Aircraft Description
Serial Number 21186
Type 737-242
Certificate Issue Date 04/01/2009
Cancel Date 04/01/2010
Reason for Cancellation Exported
Export To NICARAGUA