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Old 11th Oct 2012, 10:21
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Yeah it was an Embraer crash in NE China 2 years ago. The Captain under a lot of political pressure to make it in during bad weather as there was a VIP on board. Captain was ex Chinese military and they found he padded his hours. The airlines are under so much pressure to find pilots they were encouraging it. Chinese military pilots fly very little. I have never seen a Chinese military aircraft, of any type, ever leave the landing pattern. When they do their monthly touch and goes the airport is closed due to "military activities".

Big investigation they found that most Chinese military pilots had padded their hours to get a job, under the encouragement of the airlines and government. "Parker hours" were encouraged so they could fill their cockpit seats.
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