During my time at MAS in the early 90s, I met with quite a number of very capable, even exceptional pilots. Sadly most are of the non native stock and they were sidelined except for a few toadies. Subsequently I heard a lot of them left for CAL, KAL and the sandpit. With this talent drain, it's small wonder MAS flight ops sank in terms of credibility and competence. I met a Chinese Malaysian pilot, a muslim convert who aspired for great things but had such dodgy understanding of basic performance that I shuddered at what he could have messed up if he ever got to head the flt ops tech services. This was an example of the type of toadies who remained in MAS.
Last edited by Tipsy Barossa; 13th Sep 2011 at 19:46.