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Old 16th Jul 2011, 22:45
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Da Mooca
 
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Yes, Brazilian aviation has been a mess lately and it is unacceptable.

Every other week there's an accident report. It can be a helicopter or a high performance aircraft or a small airplane. Last week, beside that crash in Recife, there were 3 more cases involving a helicopter and 2 SE airplanes.

Fatal accidents have occurred with pilots at controls without formal training and checks, license and medical certificate.

Basic training to prepare new pilots at flying schools has frozen in time with old and expensive fleet and outdated training programs and resources. Additionally, a bunch of instructors has been attracted to fly shiny jets or turboprops, consequently there is a lack of good and experience professionals in several training centres.

Everywhere, airport infrastructure needs a huge revamp.

ATCOs are low paid.

Some carriers pay peanuts for their pilots.

And the list goes on …
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