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Old 6th Aug 2011, 02:20
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That one?

B777 there was a new ferringhi, with "assistance" from an airforce mafia LCP in the "flare".

737NG, good luck in your career. After about 2 months you will find it very easy to sleep soundly at night.

There are good Korean pilots, in fact Asiana has many. There are even very good ex military pilots... but the corporate culture of the company compounds all communication & operational issues that occur in all companies, and makes for an unnecessarily unpleasant and dysfunctional program.

The 6 Sigma sign in the main hangar: "ZERO DEFECTS" kind of belies any corporate understanding of human factors, and that pretty much is reflected throughout the program.

One day the Koreans may accept the presence of foreigners gracefully, but that is not the norm and it is corrosive in the flight deck environment. Curiously, the discomfort exists within national crews as well, where the crew mix of age and background results in less than desirable surrounds.
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